Hello
I heard that in some cases it's better to "manually" install (see commands below) VirtualBox from the Oracle site instead using apt-get install?
Ist that possible and why?
Thank's a lot!
Joe
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/ora ... x_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian `lsb_release -sc` contrib" | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
apt install virtualbox-6.1
VBox installation via apg-get vs dl from Oracle
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Re: VBox installation via apg-get vs dl from Oracle
I have not heard that 'wgetting' Virtualbox is somehow better than going to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. If the wget downloads the same official Virtualbox as downloading from the linked website then it's probably OK.
The 'problem', as such, with apt-get and other repository download commands, is which repository is being accessed. Some Linux distros have their own fork of Virtualbox, which we don't support here. A Linux-native-aligned apt-get will download the distro's fork, not official Virtualbox. The linked page above has instructions on how to point apt-get et al to the Virtualbox repository, then apt-getting would download the official Virtualbox, same as downloading from the Virtualbox website.
The 'problem', as such, with apt-get and other repository download commands, is which repository is being accessed. Some Linux distros have their own fork of Virtualbox, which we don't support here. A Linux-native-aligned apt-get will download the distro's fork, not official Virtualbox. The linked page above has instructions on how to point apt-get et al to the Virtualbox repository, then apt-getting would download the official Virtualbox, same as downloading from the Virtualbox website.