[OpenIndiana-discuss] New request for info `Are we able to install recent vbox versions'

[Harry Putnam]

Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:
>
>> I posted this query July 9th but got no takers far as a response.
>> Is this question in appropriate here?  Is it a foolish question?
>>
>> If both answers are no, I'd really like to hear from someone who
>> either knows first hand or has a solid opinion about it.
>>
>> I don't want to start messing up my OS if installing qt5 and trying to
>> run recent version of Vbox are likely to cause me grief, I might not
>> be able to contend with.
>> But I do need to get a newer version of Vbox installed and working.
>>
>
> VirtualBox 5.0.x works fine (may need the vboxconfig.sh patch).

Yes, I am currently running the last of the 5.0.X (5.0.40) But find
there is something not quite right ... it all works, but quite a lot
of huffing and puffing to install the guest addtions

> VirtualBox 5.1.x doesn't work, most likely due to illumos bug 5709.

OK, that was the part I wanted to know.


> You don't need qt5, as VirtualBox comes with its own. (Talk about
> getting qt5 is more so that VirtualBox can be built from source to
> avoid compatibility issues with the downloaded package.)

Thanks for the helpful input.