virtualbox

[dglock]

     I am trying to update virtualbox, I have downloaded the file VirtualBox-4.1.22-80657-Linux_x86.run, but i don't know how to use it. Can anyone tell me what to do with this file?

    The update is not in the repositories so i can't do the upgrade that way.

   thanks

   don

[johnmart]

Download getvirtualbox from the repo. In a konsole run getvirtualbox.
It will download and install OSE virtualbox ver. 4.1.22 actually ver 4.2  
This version supports USBv2.

[dglock]

Download getvirtualbox from the repo. In a konsole run getvirtualbox.
It will download and install OSE virtualbox ver. 4.1.22 actually ver 4.2  
This version supports USBv2.

    Thanks for the help, it worked fine.

     I would still like to know how to use those files that end in .run

   don

[johnmart]

Sometimes the sites that provide the .run files list instructions for running it.
Here's a google result: http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/run
You might not find much about it here, cuz we recommend installing from PCLOS repos as they are set up to run on pclos. 

[YouCanToo]

Download getvirtualbox from the repo. In a konsole run getvirtualbox.
It will download and install OSE virtualbox ver. 4.1.22 actually ver 4.2  
This version supports USBv2.

    Thanks for the help, it worked fine.

     I would still like to know how to use those files that end in .run

   don

make sure the permission of the file is 755 and then execute it using the following format ./filename.run

[dglock]

Download getvirtualbox from the repo. In a konsole run getvirtualbox.
It will download and install OSE virtualbox ver. 4.1.22 actually ver 4.2  
This version supports USBv2.

    Thanks for the help, it worked fine.

     I would still like to know how to use those files that end in .run

   don

make sure the permission of the file is 755 and then execute it using the following format ./filename.run

     Thanks for the info! Worked great.

     don