[TriLUG] Ubuntu and VB upgrade woes

[Keith Woodie]

I would second the recommendation of the Oracle repository for VirtualBox.
 One thing I have noticed that I would caution you on is that make sure you
pay attention to what version you have installed.  It appears that the
package names change from one major release to another.  I assumed I was on
the latest and greatest, but then discovered that I had the -4.2 package
installed instead of the -4.3.  I am not sure if they have a generic
package that keeps you current or not.  I haven't had time to research.
 Just some food for thought.

FYI.  The oracle 4.3 version now supports webcam pass through to the
virtual instance.

Keith Woodie


On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:

> I am using Debian Wheezy and have instances of both the one from the debian
> repos and the oracle repos.  Both work but most of the better features are
> in the oracle version.  I recommend the oracle version.  It is just better.
>  For one its support of say using USB devices.  The oracle version was the
> only way I could make an itunes sync happen with my ipad against a
> virtualized windows 7 instance.  SO perhaps try that version and see what
> happens.
>
> Ken
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Brian McCullough <bdmc at buadh-brath.com
> >wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 07:47:54AM -0400, Ken M wrote:
> > > Are you using the vb from ubuntus repos or the version direct from
> > oracle?
> >
> > Hmmm.  Good question.
> >
> > I would suspect, especially since the "dist-upgrade," that I am using the
> > Ubuntu one.
> >
> > Now I seem to remember some recommendations that the Oracle one is
> > preferred.
> >
> >
> > Brian
> >
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