virtual box .deb file conflicts with installed one

Tue Feb 12 17:21:29 UTC 2013

On 12 February 2013 11:28, oxy <oxyopes at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>I think you should first uninstall virtualbox-4.1 and then install the
>>newer version.
>
> uninstalling my create problems with configuration etc.
> W'd prefer to upgrade.

Tough.

I'm sorry, but this is the right way to do it.

If you do an ordinary `apt-get remove virtualbox` then it leaves all
your configuration files untouched. Install the new version and it
will pick up all the config seamlessly.

I've done it many times.

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