On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:36 AM, David Dooling <[email protected]> wrote: > It should not get confused, it will likely just state that a newer > version than the one available from the repository is installed.
I downloaded the .deb and tried installing. dpkg refused to install it as the existing version had to be removed first. > To avoid any issues, you can add the appropriate (intrepid) VB repository > to /etc/apt/sources.list (or better yet, put it in > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list) following the instructions at > the bottom of the page linked above. This is what I went with. VBox was a bad example in that there are repositories for it and works well with apt-get. I was more curious about what happens if you just download a .deb and try to install it. BTW, I agree with the sources.list.d suggestion. I find that method much easier to manage than editing the sources.list file. Regards, - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
