Virtualbox update available but no applicable update found

[derkrasseleo]

Brief description of your issue

Running winget upgrade outputs an update for Virtualbox but when I try to upgrade winget says it found no applicable updates.

Steps to reproduce

PS C:\Users\leoch> winget upgrade
Name                 Id                Version Available Source
---------------------------------------------------------------
Portmaster           Safing.Portmaster Unknown 0.7.0     winget
Oracle VM VirtualBox Oracle.VirtualBox 6.1.30  6.1.32    winget
2 upgrades available.
PS C:\Users\leoch> winget upgrade virtualbox
No applicable update found.
PS C:\Users\leoch> winget upgrade oracle.virtualbox
No applicable update found.
PS C:\Users\leoch> winget upgrade Oracle.Virtualbox
No applicable update found.
PS C:\Users\leoch> winget upgrade Oracle.VirtualBox
No applicable update found.

Expected behavior

winget upgrades virtualbox to version 6.1.32

Actual behavior

winget gets confused and says it doesn't find any applicable updates.

Environment

PS C:\Users\leoch> winget --info
Windows Package Manager v1.1.13405
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22000.438
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.16.13405.0

[jedieaston]

This is because VirtualBox runs a msi file inside of its exe file, which the current stable version of winget can't handle for upgrades. Luckily, #1796 was merged yesterday which will allow us to fix this problem in the manifests (I don't know when that will be in a stable release though).

[derkrasseleo]

Thank you for clarifying. Removing VirtualBox and installing it again is not a nice workaround, though.