[OpenIndiana-discuss] Cannot install or uninstall Vbox older version blocking the way

[Harry Putnam]

Jim Klimov <jimklimov at cos.ru> writes:

>>The newest patch is almost 2 yrs old.  The newest vbox version (5.1.22)
>>
>>is from last month I think...
>>
>>So before I bugger something up with my ill-informed bungling, can
>>anyone say if this newest patch is likely to work with vbox 5.1.22 or
>>should I be getting an older version of vbox to try it on?
>>


> For me, the last Oracle-released Virtualbox package that got installed
> was a recent 5.0.x one. The 5.1.x need qt5 and some differently-named
> packages as dependencies, so there were efforts to roll OI's own. I
> did not yet look into replacing its config-scripts or whether that
> would help.
>
> Sorry, on the road - can't help more ATM.

Thanks; just the tip I was after.... I have no reason to need the very
latest and in fact the last vbox I ran before jumping from oi_151 to
hipster was 5.0.28.  So that will be new enough... thanks again