Hello all. What is the procedure or correct forum to request a package/application update as I would like to make a request to see if it is possible to have virtual box updated to the series 6.

Any info would be useful

Steve

Virtualbox package are provided by Ubuntu, not Neon.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports ... a_Backport

However, Virtualbox also makes their own ones for 18.04

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

I just followed the directions at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads for Ubuntu 18.04 under Debian-based Linux distributions. I'm currently running 6.0.6 (I started with 6.0.2 when I first installed KDE Neon, and updates came through for 6.0.4 and then 6.0.6).

Thank you all for the info, I will give it a go.

I have tried downloading the .deb and clicked on it and Discover opened up and installed. The application opened but when I tried to launch a vm, an error popped up, something to do with a kernel driver (I don't remember it exactly). After a few tries, I re-opened discover, searched for virtualbox and re-installed (downgraded) from there. My current 5 series runs correctly at the moment after the attempt to upgrade and downgrade (but all of that was thru the discover tool.

Still learning more and more every day.

I am assuming that the directions that you followed was the text instructions for the Debian-based Linux distributions? Not just downloading the deb package

Steve

steveblezy wrote:Thank you all for the info, I will give it a go.

I have tried downloading the .deb and clicked on it and Discover opened up and installed. The application opened but when I tried to launch a vm, an error popped up, something to do with a kernel driver (I don't remember it exactly). After a few tries, I re-opened discover, searched for virtualbox and re-installed (downgraded) from there. My current 5 series runs correctly at the moment after the attempt to upgrade and downgrade (but all of that was thru the discover tool.

Still learning more and more every day.

I am assuming that the directions that you followed was the text instructions for the Debian-based Linux distributions? Not just downloading the deb package

Steve

Did you reboot after installing the updated VB? It has to build modules into the kernel, and needs a reboot to do so.

I managed to get it all running. I actually needed to "purge" the series 5 install first then install the series 6. I came across a post that had the same issue as i had.

I have it up and running on 2 of my computers is about 5 minutes and discovering that step.

Steve