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Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 21. May 2020, 22:36
by 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.
Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 22. May 2020, 09:40
by 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
Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 22. May 2020, 15:12
by 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
Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 22. May 2020, 18:38
by mpack
Sorry, I'm not a Linux person. All I can tell you is to follow the
installation instructions in the user manual.
Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 22. May 2020, 20:23
by multiOS
Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 23. May 2020, 08:29
by 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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Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 23. May 2020, 10:35
by fth0
Makarios wrote: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.
Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 23. May 2020, 13:07
by 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...
Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 23. May 2020, 13:37
by Makarios
fth0 wrote:Makarios wrote: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?
Re: Which Version of Virtualbox works on Linux mInt 19.3 Cinamon
Posted: 23. May 2020, 22:26
by 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!