Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#11261 closed defect (wontfix)
Attempting to update
| Reported by: | JeffSoh | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.22 |
| Keywords: | update failure | Cc: | |
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Linux |
Description
Attempting to update from 4.1.2.2 r80657 to 4.2-4.2.4 81684. Get the following errors:
Test Transaction Errors: file /etc/rc.d/init.d/vboxballoonctrl-service from install of VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_fedora17-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.22_80657_fedora17-1.x86_64 file /etc/rc.d/init.d/vboxdrv from install of VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_fedora17-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.22_80657_fedora17-1.x86_64 file /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxBalloonCtrl from install of VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_fedora17-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.22_80657_fedora17-1.x86_64 file /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxHeadless from install of VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_fedora17-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.22_80657_fedora17-1.x86_64 file /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxManage from install of VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_fedora17-1.x86_64 conflicts with file from package VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.22_80657_fedora17-1.x86_64 file /usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL from install of VirtualBox-4.2-4.2.4_81684_fedora17-1.x86_64 co...
This works as defined. The package name changed from VirtualBox-4.1 to VirtualBox-4.2 by intention so users can decide when they want to upgrade from version 4.1.x to 4.2.x and both versions can live in the same repository. So you have to uninstall VirtualBox-4.1 before you install VirtualBox-4.2. Using an advanced package manager you should be able to do this at the same step.