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Date:      Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:01:05 +0000
From:      Bernhard Froehlich <decke@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: virtualbox-ose-additions-3.2.8 conflicts with installed package(s): virtualbox-ose-3.2.8
Message-ID:  <9b36a0a482d84bf9825c351fe3f3a3da@bluelife.at>
In-Reply-To: <4C987504.8070905@eskk.nu>
References:  <4C987504.8070905@eskk.nu>

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On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:04:04 +0200, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu>
wrote:
> I'm trying to install virtualbox-ose-additions but as you can see it
> won't install
> 
> 
> ===>  virtualbox-ose-additions-3.2.8 conflicts with installed package(s):
>       virtualbox-ose-3.2.8
> 
>       They install files into the same place.
>       Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions.
> 
> 
> It's a new installed 8.1-RELEASE amd64 system
> 
> How do I get around this?

You never need the additions on the Host system. They cause problems in
this configuration so this is why they are marked as conflicting.

-- 
Bernhard Froehlich
http://www.bluelife.at/



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