[PLUG] Resolved: Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

[Ben Koenig]

Heads up, there have been a number of other people on this list that
installed virtualbox the way you just did. It results in dependency
problems down the road that can prevent security updates.

There are 2 methods listed on the VirtualBox website
1) Quick 'n Dirty
2) Correct and Clean

You went for option #1. Good luck ;-)


On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 1:41 PM Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:

> On 10/29/18 7:46 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
>
> > When next I have time, which might not be until tomorrow, I'll try
> > getting the version made for Ubuntu 18 from Oracle and see if that
> > works. That's what I have on my desktop and it's working well.
>
> I finished today's work early, so I had time to download:
>
> virualbox-5.2_5.2.20-125813-Ubuntu-bionic-amd64.deb
>
> from the Oracle website. It installed without complaint once I fully
> removed what was there with Synaptic. Then I successfully imported a
> .ova and it works fine.
>
> The only thing missing was an icon to launch VirtualBox, so I created
> one by right-clicking on the desktop, clicking on Create Launcher ...,
> and filling in the blanks. The command to start the VirtualBox GUI is
> virtualbox.
>
> With that done, I think I have everything I used to have on the laptop
> before the SSD installation. Now to give it a few days of testing under
> normal operating conditions.
>
> Thanks to all who offered advice, whether I took it or not. :-)
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens
>
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