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Re: [LUG] VBox version 4.2

 

On 22/10/12 19:43, Rob Beard wrote:
>>
> 
> It sounds like you're using the version from the official Ubuntu
> repositories.  I'd suggest maybe trying the Lucid version, with any luck
> it won't have any dependencies that are incompatible with what you're
> running.
> 
> Looking at the official repositories for VirtualBox there isn't a
> Maverick package available, presumably because it's no longer supported
> (and hasn't been for about 6 months).
> 
> Rob
> 
I would understand your last point except that there are VBox packages
included in the list of downloads for versions of Ubuntu which are older
than Maverick, namely Lucid and Harvey. So why not Maverick which is
more recent than either of those? Or am I missing something?

Thanks for the help,

Neil

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