Upgrading Virtualbox

[Jim Byrnes]

NoOp wrote:
> On 06/03/2010 07:52 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> I'm running Lucid 10.04 which installed Virtualbox OSE 3.1.6.  I would
>> like to install an OS that recommends Vers 3.2.  How can I upgrade to 3.2?
>>
>> Thanks,  Jim
>>
>
> If you follow Liam's advise you will be downloading and installing the
> VirtualBox Personal Use and Evaluation License (PUEL) version _not_ the
> OSE version, which is what you said you want.

It's not so much that I want OSE, I started working with OSE before I 
knew that PUEL existed.  When I upgraded from 9.10 to 10.04 OSE 3.1.6 is 
what I received.  I have been thinking about PUEL because I think I 
remember reading that it handles USB.  If I remember right you use PUEL, 
are there any gotcha's going from OSE to PUEL? I just have a copy of XP 
running in one now.

> If your Ubuntu *backport* repositories[1] are up to date, you should
> find 'virtualbox-ose' in Synaptic. That version will be
> 3.2.0-dfsg-1ubuntu1~lucid1. Install it&  it should do the necessary bits
> to update your VirtualBox. Be sure to also install the updated guest
> additions as well.

If PUEL dosen't work out for me I'll be sure to update them and give it 
a try, thanks.

> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
>    http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Editions
>
> will show you the differences.
>
> [1]
> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/virtualbox-ose
> Backports
>      Backported packages.
>          * virtualbox-ose 3.2.0-dfsg-1ubuntu1~lucid1
> <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/virtualbox-ose/3.2.0-dfsg-1ubuntu1~lucid1>
> 3.2.0-dfsg-1ubuntu1~lucid1
> PUBLISHED: Lucid pocket Backports in component universe and section misc
>      * Published on 2010-05-29
>
> Reminder: be sure to backup ~/.VirtualBox as the 3.2 OSE version is only
> about 5 days old...
>
>

This is surprising.  As you may recall I came to Ubuntu from Ecomstation 
(an OEM version of OS/2). I finally received the long awaited vers 2.0. 
In a readme dated 05/21/10 they recommend VirturalBox 3.2.0.  They say 
that 3.2.0 has fixs to make Ecomstation run more stably, so maybe they 
have been working with them and anticipated the release. As I was 
writing this it occurred to me I better check to see if the fixes made 
it into the PUEL version also.


Regards,  Jim