Package virtualbox-ext-oracle prevents my upgrade

When receiving an update warning, I ran pamac update in the terminal however, it does not perform the update due to divergence between:

And the virtualbox that contains in the repository:

Any suggestions so I don’t get the pending update warning?

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[Solved]

In konsole:
wget "https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.6/VirtualBox-7.0.6-155176-Linux_amd64.run" -O virtualbox-7.0.6.run

chmod +x virtualbox-7.0.6.run

sudo ./virtualbox-7.0.6.run

And finally
pamac update

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That’s not a good solution, your system’s package manager should be solely responsible for maintaining installed applications.

The solution I’m waiting for is the updated packages from manjaro. I can wait a few hours or even another day or two.

The pinned comment and the first comment here gives an insight into this situation.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/virtualbox-ext-oracle

You see, I need VirtualBox and “also” virtualbox-ext-oracle “daily”.

Not really, “I” am the master manager of my system

So they need to be up to date, so I can’t wait for the update via “Manjaro repository”.

Another thing, I’ve never been much for following rules, so I constantly break my systems and then I fix them

There is no real solution there.

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Please edit your topic title to be clear and concise about the problem.

Please do not use screenshots of text. Copy and paste the terminal output instead.

No, that’s not a solution. All you had to do was temporarily remove virtualbox-ext-oracle, update, then reinstall it afterward.

This case is:

So for me one would not work without the “other”, so it’s better to have VirtualBox working with “my solution” than to have both without the functionality that “I” need

Then when the community’s Virtualbox package is in 7.0.6, I’ll return to it, who knows

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Oh, I thought you were on the unstable branch. I don’t read Portuguese.

In your case, don’t update virtualbox-ext-oracle until the matching virtualbox version is available.

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Even on the unstable branch virtualbox is 7.0.4, see

creto@creto:~$ pacman-mirrors --get-branch 
unstable
creto@creto:~$ pamac search virtualbox
libvirt-xen                                                        8.10.0-1                  AUR 
    API for controlling virtualization engines
    (openvz,kvm,qemu,virtualbox,xen,etc)
libvirt-git                                                        8.9.0.r267.gd5ae0cd178-1  AUR 
    API for controlling virtualization engines
    (openvz,kvm,qemu,virtualbox,xen,etc)
libvirt-apparmor                                                   5.6.0-1                   AUR 
    API for controlling virtualization engines
    (openvz,kvm,qemu,virtualbox,xen,etc). Compiled with Audit and
    AppArmor support.
libvirt                                                            1:8.10.0-1                community 
    API for controlling virtualization engines
    (openvz,kvm,qemu,virtualbox,xen,etc)
python-virtualbox                                                  2.1.1-1                   AUR 
    A complete implementation of VirtualBox's COM API with a
    Pythonic interface
python2-virtualbox                                                 2.1.1-1                   AUR 
    A complete implementation of VirtualBox's COM API with a
    Pythonic interface
phpvirtualbox                                                      5.2_1-7                   community 
    PHP/AJAX web interface for VirtualBox
linux-xanmod-virtualbox-host-modules                               7.0.4-6141                biglinux-stable 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
linux-xanmod-lts-virtualbox-host-modules                           7.0.4-515841              biglinux-stable 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
linux-xanmod-edge-virtualbox-host-modules                          7.0.4-6                   biglinux-stable 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
linux61-virtualbox-host-modules                                    7.0.4-2                   extra 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
linux60-virtualbox-host-modules                                    7.0.4-7                   extra 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
linux60-rt-virtualbox-host-modules                                 7.0.4-1                   community 
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
linux54-virtualbox-host-modules                                    7.0.4-5                   extra 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
linux515-rt-virtualbox-host-modules                                7.0.4-2                   community 
    Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
linux419-virtualbox-host-modules                                   7.0.4-5                   extra 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
linux515-virtualbox-host-modules                       [Instalado] 7.0.4-7                   extra 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
linux510-virtualbox-host-modules                       [Instalado] 7.0.4-7                   extra 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Manjaro Kernel
virtualbox6-ext-oracle                                             6.1.40-2                  AUR 
    Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack 6.1.40 (stable)
virtualbox6-bin-sdk                                                6.1.40-3                  AUR 
    VirtualBox software developer kit for use with
    virtualbox6-bin package
virtualbox6-bin-guest-iso                                          6.1.40-3                  AUR 
    VirtualBox guest additions ISO image for use with
    virtualbox6-bin package
virtualbox6-bin                                                    6.1.40-3                  AUR 
    Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home
    use (Oracle branded non-OSE, 6.x)
virtualbox-unattended-templates                                    7.0.4-1                   AUR 
    Unattended Templates for Virtualbox
virtualbox-svn                                                     97711-2                   AUR 
    Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
virtualbox-sdk-svn                                                 97711-2                   AUR 
    VirtualBox Software Developer Kit (SDK)
virtualbox-sdk                                                     7.0.4-1                   community 
    VirtualBox Software Developer Kit (SDK)
virtualbox-host-modules-pf                                         6.1.34-1                  AUR 
    Virtualbox host kernel modules for Arch Kernel
virtualbox-host-dkms-svn                                           97711-2                   AUR 
    VirtualBox Host kernel modules sources
virtualbox-host-dkms                                               7.0.4-1                   community 
    VirtualBox Host kernel modules sources
virtualbox-headless                                                6.1.28-1                  AUR 
    Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home
    use. Headless build (no GUI, no Java).
virtualbox-guest-utils-svn                                         97711-2                   AUR 
    VirtualBox Guest userspace utilities
virtualbox-guest-utils-nox-svn                                     97711-2                   AUR 
    VirtualBox Guest userspace utilities without X support
virtualbox-guest-utils-nox                                         7.0.4-1                   community 
    VirtualBox Guest userspace utilities without X support
virtualbox-guest-utils                                             7.0.4-1                   community 
    VirtualBox Guest userspace utilities
virtualbox-guest-iso-dev                                           7.0.5.155117-1            AUR 
    The official VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO image for
    virtualbox dev version
virtualbox-guest-iso                                               7.0.4-1                   community 
    The official VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO image
virtualbox-guest-goodies                                           6.1-0                     AUR 
    A collections of goodies for the unix-like VirtualBox quests.
virtualbox-guest-dkms-vmsvga                                       6.1.16-1                  AUR 
    VirtualBox Guest kernel modules sources (VMSVGA resize and
    multi-head fix)
virtualbox-ext-vnc-svn                                             97711-2                   AUR 
    VirtualBox VNC extension pack
virtualbox-ext-vnc                                                 7.0.4-1                   community 
    VirtualBox VNC extension pack
virtualbox-ext-oracle-dev                                          7.0.5.155124-1            AUR 
    Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack for virtualbox dev version
virtualbox-ext-oracle                                              7.0.6-1                   AUR 
    Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
virtualbox-bin-sdk                                                 7.0.4-1                   AUR 
    VirtualBox software developer kit for use with virtualbox-bin
    package
virtualbox-bin-guest-iso                                           7.0.4-1                   AUR 
    VirtualBox guest additions ISO image for use with
    virtualbox-bin package
virtualbox-bin                                                     7.0.4-1                   AUR 
    Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home
    use (Oracle branded non-OSE)
virtualbox                                                         7.0.4-1                   community 
    Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
creto@creto:~$ 

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7.0.6.

Your mirrors are out of date. 7.0.6 has been available for over 18 hours now.

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Yes I made the change to /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf installed virtualbox 7.0.6 and unbranched it again to stable:

creto@creto:~$ vboxmanage --version
7.0.6r155176
creto@creto:~$ 

Yes now [Solved]

Best regards,
Paulo Creto

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