Upgrading to 16.04

[Peter]

I am having trouble with Virtual Box.  Originally using ubuntu 14.04 
(32) bit the repository version of Virtual Box worked without problems. 
My windows software in the virtual machine is XP and XP office. I was 
able to see and use all usb devices connected to the laptop.  I upgraded 
with some problems to Ubuntu 16.04 (32 bit) and then to Ubuntu 16.04 64 
bit.

The virtual machine version in the repositoy is 5.04-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1.

This version does not let me access the usb devices. They are listed in 
the settings for the virtual machine and the printers appear in the 
windows control panel, but all attempts to print fail. I could not find 
an extensions package for this version.

I then downloaded and installed 
virtualbox-5.1_5.1.4-110228~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64deb.  The installation 
failed. I have tried several download from various sites, with the same 
result.

How do I install VB 5.1 or how do I make VB 5.04 work with the USB devices?

Should I recreate the virtual machine using 5.04? The virtual machine is 
the same that ran under 14.04 32 bit. It was copied from the last bachup 
of the 32 bit system.

Thanks


Peter Goggin

On 18/08/16 19:21, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:01:51 +1000, Peter wrote:
>> My virtual box version is 5.0.24. This is the version wqhich  I
>> downloaded from te Ubuntu repository after installing 16.04.
>>
>> I am not certain what I should be looking for in  the sources.list
>> file. There are no files in the sources.list.d directory.
> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
>
> They provide Ubuntu 16.04 ("Xenial") packages, so you don't need to
> worry about dependencies. I don't know if there's a hook to
> automatically run dkms. I didn't read the website, however, assumed you
> need to run dkms manually, I can explain what you need to do, but first
> try on your own.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
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