On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 09:20:25PM -0500, Mark LaPierre wrote: > Hey Y'all, > > I have VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.22_80657_el6-1.i686 installed on my system. > When I start it up it tells me that a new release is available. > > I downloaded the package and then tried to upgrade my Vbox installation: > > [root@mushroom RPM_REPO]# rpm -qa | grep VirtualBox > VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.22_80657_el6-1.i686 > > [root@mushroom RPM_REPO]# yum upgrade > VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_el6-1.i686.rpm > Examining VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_el6-1.i686.rpm: > VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_el6-1.i686 > Package VirtualBox-4.2 not installed, cannot update it. Run yum install > to install it instead. > No Packages marked for Update > [root@mushroom RPM_REPO]# > > Having failed that I tried to intall it > [root@mushroom RPM_REPO]# yum install > VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_el6-1.i686.rpm > Running Transaction Test > Transaction Check Error: > Lots of conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-4.1 > Error Summary > ------------- > [root@mushroom RPM_REPO]# > > It would appear that I will have to erase Vbox 4.1 in order to install > Vbox 4.2. > > If I erase Vbox 4.1 what happens to all my existing configuration? Will > I need to reconfigure my installation? I'm sure you can understand my > reticence.
Removing 4.1.x shouldn't touch your virtual machines. So, if you remove 4.1.x, and install 4.2.x, your guests should still be there. If you're in doubt though, do make a backup of your guests before removing/installing VirtualBox. HTH. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
