On Friday 16 December 2011 23:54:10 Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 16.12.2011 23:50, schrieb Erik P. Olsen: > > I have installed VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.14_74382_fedora14-1.x86_64 and have > > been running it for quite some time. I have now noticed that a new > > version VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.6_74713_fedora14-1.x86_64 is available but > > not as an update only as a new install. Is it safe to remove the > > current package and install the new one? Will my virtual machines be > > automatically picked up by the installation process? Yes, it is safe. Your virtual machines will be picked up by the new version if you haven't moved their configuration files from the default location. > this is linux not windows > rpm -Uvh "package.rpm" or better "yum --nogpgcheck update package.rpm" > to update downloaded packages The "VirtualBox-4.1-<version>" package is not an updated version of the "VirtualBox-4.0-<version>", but rather a different package. Note that the "4.1" amd "4.0" are a part of the *basename*, rather than a version number of the package. IOW, you can have VirtualBox-4.1 and VirtualBox-4.0 installed simultaneously (which may be a bad idea, but that's beside my point). The 4.0 *does* *not* get upgraded to 4.1 via a regular yum update or a rpm -Uvh. As far as VirtualBox is concerned, this situation is exactly the same in both Linux and Windows. HTH, :-) Marko -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
