Error were encountered while installing Virtualbox on Ubuntu 8.0.4

2009-02-04 Thread Victor Vahe Kevorkian
I have been using Innotek Virtualbox version 1.5.6 successfully for a long time, on Ubuntu 8.0.4 Yesterday I decided to upgrade to version 2.1-2.1., since it was in Synaptics. After selecting the download and proceeded to apply, Synaptic asked me to remove vs 1.5.6 first before installing 2.1-2.1,

Re: Error were encountered while installing Virtualbox on Ubuntu 8.0.4

2009-02-04 Thread Hugo Do Nascimento
Try to manually remove all Virtualbox packages first (using synaptic). Then, install the newest version from the repository or from the web site http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. Cheers On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Victor Vahe Kevorkian vivakev...@gmail.comwrote: I have been

Re: Error were encountered while installing Virtualbox on Ubuntu 8.0.4

2009-02-04 Thread Andre Mangan
How to upgrade VirtualBox depends on which version you are using. Judging by the version number you quoted, Victor, you had the Innotek version. Innotek has been bought by SunMicrosystems and all future upgrades will come from this source. Updates will not appear in Synaptic, however, there is a