Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

[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 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 made for Ubuntu 18 from Oracle and see if that
> works. That's what I have on my desktop and it's working well.
>
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>
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Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

[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 these threads:





HTH,

Rich
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Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

[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 Linux.  I had tried several times before 
but ran into too many problems.  A little over a month ago using Linux 
Mint 19 we got the program running under Wine on both 64bit and 32bit 
processors.


The trick was installing Wind, Winetricks and wine32 on the 64bit 
Linux Mint system.  The Jet drivers were only 32bit.  It could also be 
that Wine had matured since my previous attempts a year or so ago.


I mention KVM because our Windows guru (well he makes his money 
working on Windows machines) used KVM to install Linux Mint 19 32bit 
on his Debian 64bit laptop.  I think he said you can do the same with 
Windows.


Thanks for your ideas.

My main reason to stay with VirtualBox is that I have a small handful of 
older Windows programs that I infrequently use. Some have no open source 
alternative. Others are ones that I learned years ago, and the learning 
curve was steep. Open source alternatives would also require a steep 
learning curve, and since I don't need them often, it's just easier to 
use the old familiar ones. I have these in a VirtualBox .ova file. So 
once I have VirtualBox installed, it's pretty easy to import the .ova.


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Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

[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 
ran into too many problems.  A little over a month ago using Linux Mint 
19 we got the program running under Wine on both 64bit and 32bit processors.


The trick was installing Wind, Winetricks and wine32 on the 64bit Linux 
Mint system.  The Jet drivers were only 32bit.  It could also be that 
Wine had matured since my previous attempts a year or so ago.


I mention KVM because our Windows guru (well he makes his money working 
on Windows machines) used KVM to install Linux Mint 19 32bit on his 
Debian 64bit laptop.  I think he said you can do the same with Windows.


73, \\||/
Rod - K7ZBE
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On 10/29/18 7:46 AM, 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 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 made for Ubuntu 18 from Oracle and see if that 
works. That's what I have on my desktop and it's working well.



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Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

[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 made for Ubuntu 18 from Oracle and see if that 
works. That's what I have on my desktop and it's working well.


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Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

[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:
>
>
> https://www.itzgeek.com/how-tos/linux/linux-mint-how-tos/install-virtualbox-4-3-on-linux-mint-17.html
>
> But when I got to sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.2 I get this error
> message.
>
>
> dick@Linux-Mint-X200-Tablet:~$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.2
> [sudo] password for dick:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   virtualbox-5.2 : Depends: libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2) but it is not going to
> be installed
>Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4) but it is not
> installable
>Depends: libvpx3 (>= 1.5.0) but it is not installable
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> dick@Linux-Mint-X200-Tablet:~$
>
>
> Of course the web page instructions assume all went well, so they don't
> mention how to fix the broken packages. I tried running Fix Broken
> Packages in Symantic. I says they're fixed, but the error continues.
>
> Clue stick appreciated.
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Re: [PLUG] Installing VirtualBox on Linux Mint 19

[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 any problems installing the version in
the repos (as you did), it turned out to lack some features that I
needed. To resolve the problem I installed the Oracle version. I might
suggest that you try it as well.

If you wish to continue with the version in the repos, I would suggest
you see if there is an older version. In my experience with VirtualBox
not much changes from one release to the next, so an older release will
probably suit your needs just as well as the latest.


On my desktop machine I need Virtual Box to support a USB footpedal, so 
I have to use the version from Oracle. I don't need the USB footpedal on 
my laptop. But trying to use the one from the repos was unsuccessful. 
I'm new to Linux Mint 19, and of course, that's not mentioned on the 
Oracle site. I'll try using the Ubuntu 18 version they have. I'm sure 
that will work. Your comment about minimal changes from version to 
version makes me comfortable that 18 should be fine.


Thanks.

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