Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

2018-10-29 Thread Tomas Kuchta
If you are installing Oracle VirtualBox version. Do not forget to uninstall the standard version before you start. On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 10:46 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 10/28/18 11:35 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > That is 32bit CPU, correct? > > The laptop is 64 bit, and that's the version of

Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

2018-10-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, Dick Steffens wrote: When next I have time, which might not be until tomorrow, I'll try getting the version made for Ubuntu 18 from Oracle and see if that works. That's what I have on my desktop and it's working well. Dick, Don't write off KVM/qemu too quickly. See

Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

2018-10-29 Thread Dick Steffens
On 10/29/18 8:19 AM, Roderick Anderson wrote: Dick, I haven't followed this thread so I may be completely off base. Depending on what you're trying to accomplish you might look at KVM or Wine. Several HAMs and Linux users succeeded getting a Window only HAM radio logging program running on

Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

2018-10-29 Thread Roderick Anderson
Dick, I haven't followed this thread so I may be completely off base. Depending on what you're trying to accomplish you might look at KVM or Wine. Several HAMs and Linux users succeeded getting a Window only HAM radio logging program running on Linux. I had tried several times before but

Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

2018-10-29 Thread Dick Steffens
On 10/28/18 11:35 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: That is 32bit CPU, correct? The laptop is 64 bit, and that's the version of Linux Mint I installed. I don't know about the version of VirtualBox in the repos. When next I have time, which might not be until tomorrow, I'll try getting the version

Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

2018-10-29 Thread Tomas Kuchta
That is 32bit CPU, correct? If yes, you might try searching if the missing packages exist for 32bit CPU. On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 3:16 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > Is anyone using VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19? > > I followed the instructions at: > > >

Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

2018-10-28 Thread Dick Steffens
On 10/28/18 6:27 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: On Sun, 28 Oct 2018 15:16:09 -0700 Dick Steffens dijo: Is anyone using VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19? No, but I have long used it on Ubuntu. I usually install things with the GUI, normally Synaptic, but sometimes gDebi. And while I did not have