Re: Which VirtualBox repo to use?

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On 04/06/2018 06:03 PM, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> On 04/04/18 13:21, Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
>> I have been using VirtualBox for a long while. Looking at what rpms
>> are available I see:
>>
>> $ dnf list '*VirtualBox*'
>> Last metadata expiration check: 19 days, 23:03:27 ago on Thu Mar 15
>> 14:29:34 2018.
>> Installed Packages
>> VirtualBox-5.2.x86_64                     
>> 5.2.8_121009_fedora26-1            @virtualbox
>> Available Packages
>> VirtualBox.x86_64                         
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> VirtualBox-5.1.x86_64                     
>> 5.1.34_121010_fedora26-1           virtualbox
>> VirtualBox-devel.i686                     
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> VirtualBox-devel.x86_64                   
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> VirtualBox-guest-additions.x86_64         
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> VirtualBox-kmodsrc.x86_64                 
>> 5.1.22-1.fc26                      rpmfusion-free
>> VirtualBox-kmodsrc.noarch                 
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> VirtualBox-server.x86_64                  
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> VirtualBox-webservice.x86_64              
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> akmod-VirtualBox.x86_64                   
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> kmod-VirtualBox.x86_64                    
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>> python-VirtualBox.x86_64                  
>> 5.2.6-2.fc26                       rpmfusion-free-updates
>>
>> Which repo [virtualbox (Oracle) or rpmfusion] should one use?
>> Is Oracle simply a more up-to-date repo? Does rpmfusion packages
>> actually fetch
>> the Oracle rpm, or is rpmfusion a separate, full build?
>>
>> The size difference is significant:
>>      rpmfusion    VirtualBox-5.2.8-2.fc26.x86_64.rpm             8.1MB
>>      virtualbox   
>> VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.8_121009_fedora26-1.x86_64.rpm    69  MB
>>
>> If the two are different: if I change to use the rpmfusion repo, will
>> the VMs be compatible?
>>
>> TIA
> 
> Anyone? Should be an easy question for someone who knows?

I use the one from VirtualBox rather than rpmfusion.  The VMs themselves
are transferrable.



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-- Steve
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