[5.1.28] VBoxVNC / VNC extensionpack missing

[Logman]

Hi,

I did upgrade Virtualbox to 5.1.28 version. I did notice that VNC exntension is missing on debian .deb file.

Install source: Virtualbox debian repo.

Server: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial

Do not work
vboxheadless --startvm myvm --vrde on

Info:

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logman@purkki:~$ VBoxManage list extpacks
Extension Packs: 1
Pack no. 0:   Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
Version:      5.1.28
Revision:     117968
Edition:
Description:  USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 Host Controller, Host Webcam, VirtualBox RDP, PXE ROM, Disk Encryption, NVMe.
VRDE Module:  VBoxVRDP
Usable:       true
Why unusable:

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VBoxManage showvminfo w10|grep VRDE
VRDE:            enabled (Address 192.168.0.2, Ports 5001, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: null)
VRDE Connection:    not active

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VBoxManage setproperty vrdeextpack VNC
VBoxManage: error: No extension pack by the name 'VNC' was found
VBoxManage: error: Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), component ExtPackManagerWrap, interface IExtPackManager, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "COMSETTER(DefaultVRDEExtPack)(Bstr(a->argv[1]).raw())" at line 877 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp

[Perryg]

VirtualBox does not provide the VNC module. You either build it yourself ( OSE ) or get it from your distro if they provide it. Also vRDE does not work with VNC so that is something else.