[SOLVED] VirtualBox-4.2 not updating beyond 4.2.0

[jurinad]

Hi,
I added oracle repo as described here https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads and installed package virtualbox-4.2. This resulted in 4.2.0, despite the fact that current version (in oracle repo) is 4.2.12.
Here's what apt-cache shows:

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$apt-cache madison virtualbox-4.2
virtualbox-4.2 | 4.2.12-84980~Ubuntu~precise | http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/ precise/contrib amd64 Packages
virtualbox-4.2 | 4.2.0-80737~Ubuntu~precise | http://packages.linuxmint.com/ nadia/import amd64 Packages

But "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" does not upgrade vritualbox from 4.2.0 to 4.2.12.
Why? How to make it upgrade?

[catweazel]

How to make it upgrade?

In a word, wait.

The repos lag behind by quite a margin so you won't see 4.2.12 there for some time. If you want the latest version then download it, along with the machine extension pack, from the Oracle website. If your browser doesn't launch the application automatically, just double click the downloaded file from within your file manager.

[jurinad]

But my apt has oracle repo in lists, why doesn't it want to update from there?

So apparently Oracle repo has a low apt priority by default (explanation here http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences#A ... references and in $ man apt_preferences).

After adding

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Package: virtualbox-4.2
Pin: version *
Pin-Priority: 800

to the top of /etc/apt/preferences file virtualbox successfully updated to latest version. It would probably work with "Package: virtualbox*" as well, gotta try it on next update.