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If you have Virtual Box installed, upgrade to 6.1 now

Swarfendor437

Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:24:03 pm

Fellow Zoriners,

A few days ago, whilst trying to answer a Zorin Lite query, I tried to launch my VM of it in VB - failed to launch, as did any other VM I have. So go to the official Oracle website and download 6.1 at your earliest convenience, together with the Extension Pack which you will need for things like USB3 support et. ;) :D

plexorite

Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:44:52 pm

Thank you! :-)

TallTim327

Thu Mar 19, 2020 9:42:37 pm

Hey so I just tried to install Virtualbox-6.1 from the command line terminal: sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get install virtualbox-6.1 I get this error pkgProblemResolver, it won't update...?

Swarfendor437

Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:08:45 am

TallTim327 wrote:Hey so I just tried to install Virtualbox-6.1 from the command line terminal: sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get install virtualbox-6.1 I get this error pkgProblemResolver, it won't update...?


Hi, Latest releases are not in Software - you have to download the .deb packages directly from Oracle's website. ;) :D

Daqutto

Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:44:43 am

Thank you! Will do it today

FurryFennec

Mon May 04, 2020 2:39:10 pm

After removing the 5.x series version installed with Zorin using the Software app, I followed the instructions at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Go to section for Debian distributions, choosing bionic as the in the deb line to add to /etc/apt/sources.list. e.g.
Code:
deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib
Worked like a charm! Don't forget also to download the vbox extensions at https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.6/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.6.vbox-extpack

Aravisian

Tue May 05, 2020 12:26:42 am

FurryFennec wrote:After removing the 5.x series version installed with Zorin using the Software app, I followed the instructions at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Go to section for Debian distributions, choosing bionic as the in the deb line to add to /etc/apt/sources.list. e.g.
Code:
deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib
Worked like a charm! Don't forget also to download the vbox extensions at https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.6/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.6.vbox-extpack

Thanks for the great tip. Updates like this really help prevent confusion. :D

linux-man

Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:43:20 am

Swarfendor437 wrote:Fellow Zoriners,

A few days ago, whilst trying to answer a Zorin Lite query, I tried to launch my VM of it in VB - failed to launch, as did any other VM I have. So go to the official Oracle website and download 6.1 at your earliest convenience, together with the Extension Pack which you will need for things like USB3 support et. ;) :D

I have version 5.1.4, it appears to working fine with zorin vm, should I still upgrade?

Swarfendor437

Tue Jun 23, 2020 12:13:50 pm

If you are happy with it, by all means keep using it but there might be advantages of updating from a security point of view. VB site offers earlier versions to download anyway. One of the reasons I updated my version was because VMs were failing to launch until I upgraded. ;) :D