On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 10:16:23PM -0400, Phil Schaffner wrote: > Chris Green wrote on 03/20/2012 04:33 PM: > > Yes, true enough, but doing that a lot ends you up in "dependency > > hell". > > > > I do have a few bits and pieces I install 'outside' of using the > > repositories but it's something that it's a good idea to avoid as far as > > possible. > > Chris, > > Having done plenty of hard time in dependency hell, I can assure you > that the VirtualBox extension pack is not in that category. It works > only with VirtualBox, neither has nor needs any other dependencies, and > will not cause problems with any other package. As far as I know it is > not carried in any repository (certainly not in the CentOS/SL/RHEL yum > repos I use), and if it is, then it should be up to the distro/repo that > includes it to keep up with updates. The "proper" way to handle it is > to download the latest version from the site and install it. There are > multiple ways of accomplishing this but I usually do it from Preferences. > Yes, OK, I agree.
However as a general rule I (and many sensible people) avoid installing anything from outside the repositories. Telling me "this one is perfectly safe and won't cause problems" is all very well but it really would be easier/better if the Extension Pack was delivered the same was as VirtualBox itself. Another very good reason for delivering it from a proper repository is that it will get updated automatically as and when new versions appear. One of the major advantages of using a repository is that one doesn't have to go checking for new versions with fixes, security updates, etc. they arrive automatically when your system does it regular weekly (or whatever) check. As it is the Extension Pack will get more and more out of step with the installed VirtualBox unless I go out of my way to check it regularly. -- Chris Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
