Peter Tribble <peter.trib...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > >> I posted this query July 9th but got no takers far as a response. >> Is this question in appropriate here? Is it a foolish question? >> >> If both answers are no, I'd really like to hear from someone who >> either knows first hand or has a solid opinion about it. >> >> I don't want to start messing up my OS if installing qt5 and trying to >> run recent version of Vbox are likely to cause me grief, I might not >> be able to contend with. >> But I do need to get a newer version of Vbox installed and working. >> > > VirtualBox 5.0.x works fine (may need the vboxconfig.sh patch).
Yes, I am currently running the last of the 5.0.X (5.0.40) But find there is something not quite right ... it all works, but quite a lot of huffing and puffing to install the guest addtions > VirtualBox 5.1.x doesn't work, most likely due to illumos bug 5709. OK, that was the part I wanted to know. > You don't need qt5, as VirtualBox comes with its own. (Talk about > getting qt5 is more so that VirtualBox can be built from source to > avoid compatibility issues with the downloaded package.) Thanks for the helpful input. _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss