> > Jack, it's obvious from your response to my post that there are at least two things that you don't understand. Allow me to enlighten you, my boy.
1) one does not use the term WTF in a communication, especially to someone they don't know. It's just plain impolite. 2) your response indicates that you did not understand my comment. Allow me to restate it so that you might have a better chance of understanding it. HERE IT IS: it is necessary to execute the following statement as root to install virtualbox version 2.1 (after updating sources.list and registering the key) apt-get install virtualbox-2.1 NOT apt-get install virtualbox GET IT? now don't you ever respond to any post of mine anywhere > > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:46:14 -0500 > From: Stealth <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [vbox-users] an important piece of information that was > not on the download page > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Wednesday 24 December 2008 11:35:01 am Bob Skaroff wrote: > > it took me some time and the installation of an incorrect package > > to realize that i needed to install virtualbox-2.1 for debian, > > not simply virtualbox (that was version 1.6.6) > > WTF is this found here > > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads > > # Debian 5.0 ("Lenny") i386 | AMD64 > # Debian 4.0 ("Etch") i386 | AMD64 > # Debian 3.1 ("Sarge") i386 > > Debian-based Linux distributions: Add one of the following lines > according to your distribution to your /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid > non-free > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy non-free > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian gutsy non-free > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian dapper non-free > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian etch non-free > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian sarge non-free > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xandros4.0-xn > non-free > > The Sun public key for apt-secure can be downloaded here. You can > add this key with > > sudo apt-key add sun_vbox.asc > > or combine downloading and registering: > > wget -q > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | > sudo apt-key add - > > The key fingerprint is > > AF45 1228 01DA D613 29EF 9570 DCF9 F87B 6DFB CBAE > Sun Microsystems, Inc. (xVM VirtualBox archive signing key) > <[email protected]> > > > -- > Stealth > > > >
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