vbox

[Verde Denim]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 8:51 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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>
>
>
> Yep. I backed up the directory for good measure. Didn't need to (so far).
The machines seem to be running along well. And the extension pack worked as
expected for the card reader as well. All is good in Ubuntu land again.
Good read. Interesting separation of the extensions from the vbox engine. It
would be a nice-to-have to put that in the ubuntu repo as well, but I'm ok
with downloading it. Just may need to check for updates to those drivers now
and again (unless an update to vbox4 would make a notification of that as
well, although I don't see why it would).

Thanks, again for the help. I really appreciate your time in replying.

Jack

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