Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 04:22:50PM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > I think this depends entirely on the Release Managers and the Security > Team if they allow new upstream versions to fix security bugs instead > of backporting the fixes to the original version in a release. > > Until now IIRC only Fir

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

The Wanderer wrote: > On 2017-08-11 at 07:18, Sven Hartge wrote: >> Robert Menes wrote: >>> Is there a reason why virtualbox hasn't migrated into stretch or >>> buster yet? >> >> Short Answer: Because of Oracle. >> >> Longer Answer: >> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794466

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 2017-08-11 at 07:18, Sven Hartge wrote: > Robert Menes wrote: > >> Is there a reason why virtualbox hasn't migrated into stretch or >> buster yet? > > Short Answer: Because of Oracle. > > Longer Answer: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794466 > > Summary: Virtualbox wil

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 22-08-17, RavenLX wrote: > On 08/18/2017 10:25 AM, Dejan Jocic wrote: > > On 18-08-17, RavenLX wrote: > > > On 08/18/2017 09:14 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > > > > RavenLX wrote: > > > > > > > > > I always used the Oracle repo anyway because it was updated more > > > > > frequently. But I do wish t

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 08/18/2017 10:25 AM, Dejan Jocic wrote: On 18-08-17, RavenLX wrote: On 08/18/2017 09:14 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: RavenLX wrote: I always used the Oracle repo anyway because it was updated more frequently. But I do wish that something could be worked out so that it would be back in Debian.

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 2017-08-19 20:47 +0200 Gilles Mocellin wrote: >Unless you really don't wnt libvirt, you should look at virt-manager. Thanks for the suggestion. I will take a look into libvirt in the unlikely case that my current approach becomes insufficient in the future. So far it works fine. Regards. pg

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 11:02:58AM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > On 2017-08-19 17:02 +1000 Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >Which TUI/GUI do you use? > > I do not know what is TUI. Text User Interface / command line. > I don't use any GUI. I write Bash scripts > that call QEMU with the requir

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

Le samedi 19 août 2017, 17:02:23 CEST Zenaan Harkness a écrit : > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 08:23:13PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > Which TUI/GUI do you use? Unless you really don't wnt libvirt, you should look at virt-manager.

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 2017-08-19 17:02 +1000 Zenaan Harkness wrote: >Which TUI/GUI do you use? I do not know what is TUI. I don't use any GUI. I write Bash scripts that call QEMU with the required options and I use “qemu-img” from the command line when needed. >I've been struggling to create a Host-only network. I

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 08:23:13PM -0500, Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > On 2017-08-18 17:56 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: > >There's always VMWare or XEN neither of which I have any real experience > >with, just read the manuals. Never cared much for QEMU or kvm, but > >that was years ago. Maybe,

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:23:13 -0500 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > On 2017-08-18 17:56 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: > >There's always VMWare or XEN neither of which I have any real > >experience with, just read the manuals. Never cared much for QEMU > >or kvm, but that was years ago. Maybe, they

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 2017-08-18 17:56 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: >There's always VMWare or XEN neither of which I have any real experience >with, just read the manuals. Never cared much for QEMU or kvm, but >that was years ago. Maybe, they're easier to set up and use now.. QEMU has been well documented for as l

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:19:53 -0400 RavenLX wrote: > On 08/18/2017 10:44 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:02:03 -0400 RavenLX > > wrote: > >> I wonder if there's a replacement for VirtualBox? I need something > >> that will allow me to share a directory between host and virtua

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 2017-08-18 18:19 -0400 RavenLX wrote: >On 08/18/2017 10:44 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> Virtualbox has shared folders (directory) as well as shared Clipboard. >> You just need to install Guest Additions in the Guest OS to enable it. >> I use both all the time. > >[elided] > >What other VM syste

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 08/18/2017 10:44 AM, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:02:03 -0400 RavenLX wrote: I wonder if there's a replacement for VirtualBox? I need something that will allow me to share a directory between host and virtual machine, and to be able to go between both quickly (I don't have a

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 2017-08-18 09:31 -0500 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: >I recommend QEMU. I must note that it features hardware acceleration (KVM >used to be a fork of QEMU to implement this feature but it was merged >back). Moreover, you can use SPICE to >display the guest windows

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 2017-08-18 16:25 +0200 Dejan Jocic wrote: >On 18-08-17, RavenLX wrote: >> On 08/18/2017 09:14 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: >> I wonder if there's a replacement for VirtualBox? I need something that >> will allow me to share a directory between host and virtual machine, >> and to be able to go betwe

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 10:02:03 -0400 RavenLX wrote: > On 08/18/2017 09:14 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > > RavenLX wrote: > > > >> I always used the Oracle repo anyway because it was updated more > >> frequently. But I do wish that something could be worked out so > >> that it would be back in Debian.

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 18-08-17, RavenLX wrote: > On 08/18/2017 09:14 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > > RavenLX wrote: > > > > > I always used the Oracle repo anyway because it was updated more > > > frequently. But I do wish that something could be worked out so that > > > it would be back in Debian. > > > > Highly unlik

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 08/18/2017 09:14 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: RavenLX wrote: I always used the Oracle repo anyway because it was updated more frequently. But I do wish that something could be worked out so that it would be back in Debian. Highly unlikely, as Oracle behaves like this for all software released a

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

RavenLX wrote: > I always used the Oracle repo anyway because it was updated more > frequently. But I do wish that something could be worked out so that > it would be back in Debian. Highly unlikely, as Oracle behaves like this for all software released and distributed by them. Grüße, Sven. --

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On 08/15/2017 12:37 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 01:18:22PM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: Robert Menes wrote: Is there a reason why virtualbox hasn't migrated into stretch or buster yet? Short Answer: Because of Oracle. Longer Answer: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 01:18:22PM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > Robert Menes wrote: > > > Is there a reason why virtualbox hasn't migrated into stretch or > > buster yet? > > Short Answer: Because of Oracle. > > Longer Answer: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794466 > > Summar

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

Sorry, I just forgot about Oracle policy terms. Yes, you are right and I am wrong. Best Hans > Short Answer: Because of Oracle. > > Longer Answer: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794466 > > Summary: Virtualbox will at the current state of affairs never be in > Testing or an

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

Robert Menes wrote: > Is there a reason why virtualbox hasn't migrated into stretch or > buster yet? Short Answer: Because of Oracle. Longer Answer: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794466 Summary: Virtualbox will at the current state of affairs never be in Testing or any sta

Re: Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

Am Freitag, 11. August 2017, 07:08:41 CEST schrieb Robert Menes: Did you install the virtualbox-dkms package? If yes, did it build? If yes, can you modprobe virtualbox? If everything fails, try kvm and aqemu as a substitute. Best Hans > Hi all, > > On my home desktop, I'm running Debian on th

Virtualbox for stretch and buster not in repos

Hi all, On my home desktop, I'm running Debian on the testing channel (currently at "buster"). A recent apt-get upgrade appears to have broken or removed a few vital virtualbox packages, including virtualbox-dkms. Launching any VM in virtualbox throws this error message: [error] The VirtualBox