

Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3.Ĭopyright: Copyright © 1995, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. PS C:\Users\Administrator> winget show Oracle.Virtualboxįound Oracle VM VirtualBox ĭescription: VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1.42 Oracle.VirtualBox 6.1.42 7.0.6 winget PS C:\Users\Administrator> winget upgrade Keep VirtualBox upgrades constrained to the same major version upgrade paths as the already installed version. VirtualBox v7 is not yet stable and is not fully compatible with virtual machines of older OSs but winget still tries to nuke v6 and install v7 in its place.

The UserManual.pdf file even says this (for both v6 and v7 cases, but seems v7 really dropped them): Windows XP, CentOS 5, Windows Server 2003/2008.etc.

Please note that VirtualBox v7 is still not considered "STABLE" by Oracle, the "LATEST-STABLE.TXT" file lists v6.1.42 as such.Īlso, please note that VirtualBox v7+ is not really compatible with old OSs, e.g. Latest v6 exe currently has a file modified timestamp of 1 14:12Īnd latest v7 currently has a timestamp of 1 20:24 (i.e. The v6 and v7 branches of the VirtualBox are supposed to be maintained separately, VirtualBox v7+ is not yet fully stable but winget is trying to upgrade VirtualBox v6 to v7 I have not been informed if the issue is resolved in a preview version of the winget client.I have searched for my issue and not found a work-in-progress/duplicate/resolved issue.Please confirm these before moving forward
