There is a bug on the website

[mahma90]

I am not sure if the VirtualBox bug tracker is also for the website. Does anybody know? That's why I post it here.

The bug is on this page. (mod edit: this is the Linux Downloads page)

There is a syntax error in this command:

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sudo gpg --dearmor oracle_vbox_2016.asc --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg

It throws this error:

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gpg: Note: '--yes' is not considered an option
gpg: Note: '--output' is not considered an option
usage: gpg [options] --dearmor [file]

It must be this instead (parameter order matters):

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sudo gpg --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg --dearmor oracle_vbox_2016.asc

Where to report this error? Perhaps someone can report it for me (I don't want to join the mailing list)?

[scottgus1]

Thanks for letting us know. I'll pass this on to the forum admin Klaus, who may be able to get it to the main website admins and devs for checking.

[klaus]

Many thanks for pointing it out. Fixed. The incorrect commands have been there for 1.5 years without anyone noticing (or more precisely without anyone questioning the correctness). The order dependent option processing is extremely unusual for any command line tool.