On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 12:34:50PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 11:57:51AM -0400, Roy J. Tellason, Sr. wrote: > > In recent messaging here I touched on how I'd determined that my > > workstation was way behind being current. Apparently I needed to go > > 8->9->10->11. I tried the first of those steps, and things did not go > > well in a number of ways... > > > > For some reason, the software decided to remove virtualbox. > > https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox >
If you really need to run a VM, you may well be able to convert the virtualbox VM to something portable suitable for, say, QEMU. More important is to get the important machine updated - and to then replace the 8 you've installed on the laptop you're writing from. All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater