virtual box .deb file conflicts with installed one

[Nils Kassube]

oxy wrote:
> System: Ubu 12.04 on unity
> 
> it seems that virtualbox is not found of solving these little
> conflicts. But i also do not want to risk force install in those
> conditions. When trying to upgrade my vbox to the new released
> version i get the following:
> 
> # dpkg -i virtualbox-4.2_4.2.6-82870~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb
> Selecting previously unselected package virtualbox-4.2.
> dpkg: regarding virtualbox-4.2_4.2.6-82870~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb
> containing virtualbox-4.2:
>  virtualbox-4.2 conflicts with virtualbox
>   virtualbox-4.1 provides virtualbox and is present and installed.
> dpkg: error processing
> virtualbox-4.2_4.2.6-82870~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb (--install):
>  conflicting packages - not installing virtualbox-4.2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  virtualbox-4.2_4.2.6-82870~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb

I think you should first uninstall virtualbox-4.1 and then install the 
newer version.


Nils