vbox

[NoOp]

On 01/22/2011 03:12 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:06 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/22/2011 12:35 PM, Verde Denim wrote:
>> > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Does anyone know if version 4 of virtualbox in the repo is OSE or PUEL
>> >> > version?
>> >> > If it's PUEL, I'm guessing the extension pack for 4.0.2 needs to be
>> >> > downloaded from the virtualbox site.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks, as always, for the help.
>> >> >
>> >> > Jack
>> >>
>> >> You need to:
>> >>
>> >> wget -q
>> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc
>> >> -O-<
>> http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc%0A-O->|
>> sudo apt-key add -
>> >>
>> >> and then:
>> >>
>> >> sudo apt-get update
>> >> sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0
>> >>
>> >> As explained in:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
>> >>
>> >> Just it.
>> >>
>> >> L.
>> >>
>> >> I've added the repo, and the key, and done the update to the repo list.
>> > Since the apt-get of vbox 4 is in the repo, it does not indicate whether
>> > this version is the OSE or PUEL version. I know that in previous versions
>> > there was a difference in functionality between them so I need to be sure
>> > that the PUEL version is the one I maintain on my system. That was the
>> > reason for the original question. Do you know if the version of
>> virtualbox 4
>> > in the repo is OSE or PUEL?
>> > Thanks for the reply. I appreciate the help.
>>
>> What is the output of:
>>
>> $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-3.2
>> and
>> $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-4.0
>> and
>> $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose
>>
>> If you have the PUEL 4.0.x version you will see:
>> $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-4
>> N: Unable to locate package virtualbox-4
>> gg at gg:~$ apt-cache policy virtualbox-4.0
>> virtualbox-4.0:
>>  Installed: 4.0.2-69518~Ubuntu~maverick
>>  Candidate: 4.0.2-69518~Ubuntu~maverick
>>  Version table:
>>  *** 4.0.2-69518~Ubuntu~maverick 0
>>        500 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/
>> maverick/contrib i386 Packages
>>        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>>
>> The 'http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/' indicates it was
>> loaded from virtualbox & is the PUEL version.
>>
>> VB 4.0 is not yet available in the ose version from the Ubuntu repos:
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=virtualbox-ose
>> and the last 'apt-cache' policy command above will result in the
>> following if you do not have the OSE version installed:
>>
>> $ apt-cache policy virtualbox-ose
>> virtualbox-ose:
>>  Installed: (none)
>>  Candidate: 3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1
>>  Version table:
>>     3.2.8-dfsg-2ubuntu1 0
>>        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/universe i386
>> Packages
>>
>>
> apt-cache policy results -
> # apt-cache policy virtualbox-3.2
> virtualbox-3.2:
>    Installed: 3.2.12-68302~Ubuntu~lucid
>    Candidate: 3.2.12-68302~Ubuntu~lucid
>    Version table:
> *** 3.2.12-68302~Ubuntu~lucid 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 
> # apt-cache policy virtualbox-4.0
> virtualbox-4.0:
>    Installed: None
>    Candidate: 4.0.2-69518~Ubuntu~lucid
>    Version table:
>      4.0.2-69518~Ubuntu~lucid 0
>          500 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/ lucid/contrib
> packages
> 
> From this I can see that -
> apt-cache policy is a good tool to know about and use;
> It appears as though I can install 4.0 from synaptic which will also cause
> the removal of 3.2;
> version 4 in the repo is the PUEL version;

Yes. Backup your /home/<username>/.VirtualBox folder if you are unsure,
then:

$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.0
or simply update via the update manager.

> 
> - Have you installed the extension pack from oracle for 4.0.2 as well?

Yes. You may find this of interest:
<http://blogs.oracle.com/wim/2010/12/oracle_vm_virtualbox_40_extens.html>