Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon

[Makarios]

Ok it seems I have an unofficial version of Virtualbox 5 - The Ubunto version, which is available from the Linux Mint software manager..

so looking at the Virtualbox downloads - The official ones...which one should I download...I run critical accounting software that needs Windows, and thus I'm running a Win10 Guest on my Linux mint.

For a newcommer to Linux and Virtualbox, the options just seem confusing.

[mpack]

Mint is just a repackaging of Ubuntu, so I suggest trying a later Ubuntu version of VirtualBox.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

[Makarios]

Im a newby, sorry but how do I get past this?

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Dependancy is not satisfied....

I am a rookie, not sure how to get past this

[mpack]

Sorry, I'm not a Linux person. All I can tell you is to follow the installation instructions in the user manual.

[multiOS]

Hopefully this link will help: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1143268 ... rsion-2-29

[Makarios]

It Looks like I will have to install an older version of Virtualbox?

Linux Mint message when I tried to upgrade Lib6?

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[fth0]

It Looks like I will have to install an older version of Virtualbox?

Sort of. Since Linux Mint 19.3 is based on Ubuntu 18.04.3, you should use VirtualBox 6.1.8 for Ubuntu 18.04.

[Makarios]

Thanx for the link, but alas that did not resolve my problem.


So I went down the list and worked back from the lates version one by one till I got this one to work.

5.2_34-133892-Ubuntu_Bionic_amd64.deb

https://download.virtualbox.org/virtual ... _amd64.deb

This is my new help>>about screen and looks like I'm running the officail version now....YAY

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And the nice thing is that it did not even skip an beat and picked up my Virtual Machines with no issues...

[Makarios]

It Looks like I will have to install an older version of Virtualbox?

Sort of. Since Linux Mint 19.3 is based on Ubuntu 18.04.3, you should use VirtualBox 6.1.8 for Ubuntu 18.04.

Thank you Kindly..Do I just install this one , o uninstall the 5.2.34 version first?

[Makarios]

[/quote]Sort of. Since Linux Mint 19.3 is based on Ubuntu 18.04.3, you should use VirtualBox 6.1.8 for Ubuntu 18.04.[/quote]

Thank you kindly...This worked fine...

I just had to uninstall 5.2 first by running the following in terminal: sudo apt remove virtualbox-5.2

An the run the 6.1 download form above..

Thanx Guys for assiting.......an so the newby gets help!