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