VirtualBox Installer for Linux downgrades version from Oracle provided version to Debian provided version

[Patrick]

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So here soon I’m going to reinstall Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on my PC and that means I’ll be reinstalling virtualbox. This tutorial right here is how I install virtualbox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzRY_pF6KZM&list=LL&index=63 I download VB directly from the VB website and install it that way. I’ve tried other ways to install VB that just didn’t work for me but that tutorial is the one that finally worked for me.

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Is this the proper way to install VirtualBox?

For starters I’m using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Ok so I installed virtualbox 7.1.4 directly from the virtualbox website and there’s a youtube video that shows you how to install virtualbox by downloading VB from the VB website (this instructional video is actually for Linux Mint but it’ll work for Ubuntu 24.04 just fine) this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzRY_pF6KZM&list=LL&index=62 and this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqG7_2D-aMc&list=LL&index=19&t=183s I just like to watch both of the…

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Has this bug been fixed yet?

No. If it has been, it will be posted here.

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Is my VirtualBox going to get downgraded to an older version again?

If you use --oracle-repo option, this should not happen.