5.2.18 still not availale for RHEL / CentOS 7 -> fixed

[HRZ d. Universität Bielefeld]

Hello!

VB 5.2.18 is still not available for the above mentioned platform. Yesterday I tried to update and any update from 5.2.16 -> 5.2.18 was found, so finally I tried a workaround and installed a downloaded RPM manually (from ​http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/7/x86_64/VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.18_124319_el7-1.x86_64.rpm, so it is really existiing and at it right place).

But that's what I still get from yum:

# yum --disablerepo "*" --enablerepo "virtualbox" list available
Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, fastestmirror, langpacks, verify
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Available Packages
VirtualBox-4.3.x86_64 4.3.40_110317_el7-1  virtualbox
VirtualBox-5.0.x86_64 5.0.40_115130_el7-1  virtualbox
VirtualBox-5.1.x86_64 5.1.38_122592_el7-1  virtualbox

Just as a try to get back to the "standard install" from REPO:

# yum reinstall VirtualBox-5.2
Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, fastestmirror, langpacks, verify
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.cuegee.de
 * epel: ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de
 * extras: mirror.cuegee.de
 * updates: mirror.cuegee.de
Installed package VirtualBox-5.2-5.2.18_124319_el7-1.x86_64 not available.
Error: Nothing to do

Maybe this is a duplicate of another ticket, but I found any for RHEL/CentOS 7.

With regards.

[HRZ d. Universität Bielefeld]

yum output for better readability

[Socratis]

Replying to HRZunibi:

Maybe this is a duplicate of another ticket, but I found any for RHEL/CentOS 7.

From the wiki:Bugtracker page, where you filed the ticket:

• Do some research (e.g. using search engines, our forums and existing bug tickets) before creating a ticket.

Does it have to be specifically for RHEL/Centos? Pick your favorite :) : #17929, #17930, #17932, #17939, #17957, maybe more. And this is definitely marked as a known-issue in the ​"Discuss the 5.2.18 release" in the forums:

We are aware of the current download problems for one of the extension pack links and for the Linux repositories and are working on fixing these. Thank you for your patience.

[HRZ d. Universität Bielefeld]

Replying to socratis:

You're right I found the problem mentioned here:

Re: Discuss the 5.2.18 release

Postby David.Boyd » 23. Aug 2018, 20:31

CentOS EL7 (7.5.1804) is not seeing the VirtualBox-5.2.18 package.

But I hoped that my provided yum output might help in fixing this issue.

[Michael Thayer]

Please try again now.

[Michael Thayer]

Actually it may take another hour or two until the fix is visible.