[Solved] how to upgrade/am i on the latest release? linux

[vm_guy]

I am a little confused,

I thought i was using the latest version, but it seems i am using an old version,
My linux mint software has never told me their was a newer version, but then i look on the website and their is a newer version then the one i am using

I am using v5.0.40_Ubuntur115130 with guest additions
on a linux mint xfce system


how can i upgrade to the latest version, & is it worth upgrading to the newest one?

[Perryg]

You are using the distro version (fork) and they do not update usually. If you want the latest and greatest you need to remove theirs and install the official version from virtualbox.org

[vm_guy]

will i lose all my vms?

i didn't know i was in some fork version, i remember getting it from this website,

which version do i pick, there is many, i don't understand,

Ubuntu 17.04 ("Zesty") i386 | AMD64
Ubuntu 16.10 ("Yakkety") i386 | AMD64
Ubuntu 16.04 ("Xenial") i386 | AMD64
Ubuntu 15.10 ("Wily") i386 | AMD64
Ubuntu 14.04 ("Trusty") / 14.10 ("Utopic") / 15.04 ("Vivid") i386 | AMD64
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ("Precise") i386 | AMD64
Debian 9 ("Stretch") i386 | AMD64
Debian 8 ("Jessie") i386 | AMD64
Debian 7 ("Wheezy") i386 | AMD64
openSUSE 13.2 ("Harlequin") / Leap 42.1 ("Malachite") i386 | AMD64
Fedora 25 / 26 i386 | AMD64
Fedora 24 i386 | AMD64
Fedora 22 / 23 i386 | AMD64
Oracle Linux 7 ("OL7") / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ("RHEL7") / CentOS 7 AMD64
Oracle Linux 6 ("OL6") / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ("RHEL6") / CentOS 6 i386 | AMD64
Oracle Linux 5 ("OL5") / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ("RHEL5") / CentOS 5 i386 | AMD64
All distributions (built on EL5 and therefore do not require recent system libraries) i386 | AMD64

[vm_guy]

ok, i read online, i am supposed to use the xenial i386 one because it says xenisal in my /etc/apt file

Ubuntu 16.04 ("Xenial") i386 | AMD64


can i just copy the vm folder, then un-install and re-install?

[Perryg]

You shouldn't need to worry about the guests. They should make the transition just fine, but I always say you need a good backup for anything that you feel is important.

[vm_guy]

it didnt work! i uninstalled and installed the new one,

but when i power on the virtual machine i get this message:



RTR3InitEx failed with rc=-1912 (rc=-1912)

The VirtualBox kernel modules do not match this version of VirtualBox. The installation of VirtualBox was apparently not successful. Executing

'/sbin/vboxconfig'

may correct this. Make sure that you do not mix the OSE version and the PUEL version of VirtualBox.

where: supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime what: 4 VERR_VM_DRIVER_VERSION_MISMATCH (-1912) - The installed support driver doesn't match the version of the user.

[Perryg]

That means that you have not totally removed the the previous ( OSE fork ) you must make sure it is completely removed before you install the official version. I would suggest you use dpkg to install.

[vm_guy]

oh shoot!!


i installed the i386, i thought it i386 was for intel, and amd was for that video card company,

i installed i386, thats why it didnt work

i installed the amd64 and it worked! its for 64bit version ah, stupid me!