I had Windows 10 running in Oracle Virtual Box (virtualbox-7.1_7.1.4-165100~Ubuntu~noble_amd64),but it disappeared on upgrade to Ubuntu 24.10, and I cannot reinstall it.
Anyone able to help?
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Vbox performs really well in Windows, but in Linux it is like a square peg in a round hole.
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For your Ubuntu I would recommend virt-manager, or maybe Gnome Boxes.
If you dont want to change from Vbox, we need some more info on exactly where your win10 install is failing.
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You might try removing Virtual Box and reinstalling it. The VMs themselves are hopefully stored in a directory under your home directory and would still be there.
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Not in my case - does everything I need just fine…
I just run the default version my default Pop!_OS / Ubuntu repo supplies / installs with “sudo apt install virtualbox” and probably the virtualbox-guest-additions-iso and virtualbox-ext-pack…
Works fine for me… I don’t want to arse about with qcow image files or qemu so I can run a VM on a hypervisor…
Virtualbox is a no brainer…
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Yes it works.
No I dont like its windowisms.
Anything out of Oracle will have a microsoft philosophy behind it. You can see it in the way Vbox graphics controls work.
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Never really noticed any of that in Oracle Linux (red hat based) or Solaris… or even Oracle RDBMS…
VirtualBox was originally a cross platform product for running virtual stuff made by a German company - I believe Oracle actually got hold of it when they bought Sun Microsystems…
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Thanks for the reply. Sadly, I’m no further forward/
I can install VB 7.0.20, but the latest update won’t install.
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Do you get error messages ?
More you can give the more we can help you
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I downloaded the latest version of VB 7.1(virtualbox-7.1_7.1.4-165100~Ubuntu~noble_amd64) and attempted to install using App Centre. After hitting the install button and authenticating I was just returned to the install page - no error message.
Is it because this version of VB isn’t compatible with Ubuntu 24.10?
Ironic I cant install Oracle software on Oracular!
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Can you install Vbox from within Ubuntu’s package system, rather than by getting a download.
The version of Vbox in Ubuntu’s repo will have bern properly configured for Ubuntu… so it should install and work.
It is always best in Linux to install stuff using the package system and the distros repo.
Using PPA’s and foreign downloads is hazardous.
I know, Windows works that way, but in Linux you are advised to strictly stay with the package system, because packages have to be adapted to your distro and that is one of the most important things distro-makers do. You should use their work, not bypass it.
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Great advice
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