Conflict upgrading from Virtualbox 2.2

[Falquian]

Dear friends, I am using Virtualbox under Ubuntu 9.04 running Windows XP as guest OS. When I try to upgrade to 3.0 or 3.08 I get a conflict with current installed package virtualbox 2.2. How can I solve it? I coul remove virtualbox 2.2 but it would be kind of annoying having to reinstall and configure WinXP and its applicattions. More likely I would continue with my old virtualbox version
Thank yiu very much in advance. Regards.

[Sasquatch]

Please see the VirtualBox FAQ for upgrade instructions. You should have found them before opening this topic by searching as noted in the Forum Posting Guide.

[Angry]

Or you can just answer his question and stop being rude to people. Just remove 2.2 using:

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sudo apt-get remove virtualbox

and THEN install 3.0 or above from the .deb.

[Sasquatch]

Or you can just answer his question and stop being rude to people. Just remove 2.2 using:

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sudo apt-get remove virtualbox

and THEN install 3.0 or above from the .deb.

Your name is what's making me sometimes when topics like these are created. Users don't even bother to read the documentation and start to hit the New Topic as soon as they registered. There are FAQs for a reason. Would you like it if you're asked the same question 100+ times and having to give the same answer 100+ times, or would you rather make a note somewhere for users so they can find the answer themselves so you can spend time on more useful things?

[Angry]

I know newbs post w/o reading (myself included sometimes) but I just don't see how it really ruins anyone's day to post a few lines of reply. I know you - I remember you helped me a lot w/ an important project last year and I am forever grateful - and I know you're a good mod but he has 1 post. It's really obvious he's not into this stuff so what's the point. I really don't mind being asked the same question over and over again and I don't understand why people mind it. If anything I'd think it would make you feel good that people seek answers from you.

But w/e - he's got his answer now Maybe I'll spend more time on these forums and take the load off you

[Saunter]

Hi!
I have the same problem. Kubuntu 9.10, running Windoze XP in VB 2.2 and desiring to upgrade to 3.0.10. I've tried:

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox

and also:

sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox

but I still get an error message when I try to install 3.0 from the .deb download:

Error: Conflicts with the installed package 'virtualbox-2.2'

It appears to me that apt-get isn't removing everything needed, but I'm not savvy enough to figure it out from here.
Will I have to reinstall XP when I'm done, or does this upgrade preserve my XP guest?

[Perryg]

@Saunter,
Open synaptic package manager and make sure that nothing is showing as loaded there about VirtualBox.

You should not loose your VMs but I always tell everyone to backup the VDI file at the very least to protect yourself.

[Sasquatch]

Hi!
I have the same problem. Kubuntu 9.10, running Windoze XP in VB 2.2 and desiring to upgrade to 3.0.10. I've tried:

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox

and also:

sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox

but I still get an error message when I try to install 3.0 from the .deb download:

Error: Conflicts with the installed package 'virtualbox-2.2'

It appears to me that apt-get isn't removing everything needed, but I'm not savvy enough to figure it out from here.
Will I have to reinstall XP when I'm done, or does this upgrade preserve my XP guest?

As I have stated in the VirtualBox FAQ, the package name depends on the version that you installed. Since you're on 2.2, that's the version you remove, virtualbox-2.2, then install virtualbox-3.0.

[Charlee]

sudo apt-get remove --purge virtualbox


sudo apt-get autoremove


y

[Sasquatch]

If you don't have anything useful to say, don't say it at all