You have to manually uninstall the old version on Solaris first before installing the new version.
-----Original Message----- From: Harry Putnam [mailto:rea...@newsguy.com] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2020 10:43 AM To: vbox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [VBox-users] Install VB on Solaris (openindiana) Needs Unique Instance Trying to update an old 5.2.?? running on Openindiana I get a message Very early in the install process pkgadd -s ./VB-6.1.2/VirtualBox-6.1.2-SunOS-amd64-r135662.pkg [...] The following packages are available: 1 SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 6.1.2,REV=2020.01.13.12.19.135662 Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]: Processing package instance <SUNWvbox> from </opt/VB-6.1.2/VirtualBox-6.1.2-SunOS-amd64-r135662.pkg> Oracle VM VirtualBox(i386) 6.1.2,REV=2020.01.13.12.19.135662 Note: What does this msg want me to do? ... I have an old (5.2) instance installed that and am tryingto replace it... something here will not let me ** Emphasis added (hp): ,---- | Current administration requires that a unique instance of the | <SUNWvbox> package be created. However, the maximum number of | instances of the package which may be supported at one time on the | same system has already been met. | | No changes were made to the system. `---- _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
