how to update virtual box? needs admin privelidges [SOLVED]

[geraldw321]

hi there i want to upgrade virtualbox to VirtualBox-4.2.12-84980-Linux_amd64.run version but i get an error stating: This program must be run with administrator privileges. Aborting
how can i run this to update ? i dont see a root or admin option in the menus???

[jkerr82508]

Open a terminal (for example konsole) and enter:

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su -

When you are asked, enter your root password (that you set when you installed Mageia). It will not be displayed but after you have entered it the prompt will change to root@.... You can then run the installer in that terminal. If you have any Mageia virtualbox packages installed, then you should probably remove them before installing the generic version, to avoid any possible conflicts.

Jim

[isadora]

ok looks like i was given permissions , BUT i got this when i ran install:

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[root@localhost win_c2]# VirtualBox-4.2.12-84980-Linux_amd64.run
bash: VirtualBox-4.2.12-84980-Linux_amd64.run: command not found
[root@localhost win_c2]#

[geraldw321]

thanks isadora

[djennings]

ok looks like i was given permissions , BUT i got this when i ran install:

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[root@localhost win_c2]# VirtualBox-4.2.12-84980-Linux_amd64.run
bash: VirtualBox-4.2.12-84980-Linux_amd64.run: command not found
[root@localhost win_c2]#

You need

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[root@localhost win_c2]# ./VirtualBox-4.2.12-84980-Linux_amd64.run

Linux always looks for executable programmes in specific places known as the PATH. You can see what your PATH is set to with the command

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$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/:/usr/games:/usr/lib64/qt4/bin:/home/derek/bin

If the programme you are trying to run is not in any of those locations then you need to specify where it can be found.
The characters './' mean 'look in the current directory'

BTW: If you are replacing the mageia supplied virtualbox, do not forget to uninstall the mageia packages first. You will need to uninstall
virtualbox
virtualbox-guest-additions
dkms-virtualbox (if installed)
virtualbox-kernel-xxxx (where xxxx depends on which kernel you are using)
You will also need to compile and install the virtualbox kernel module. I think the vbox installer will do it for you, but you will need to have the package kernel-desktop-devel-latest installed (assuming you are using the desktop kernel)