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[re-opened] VBoxManage extpack install --replace not working
Posted: 18. Jul 2011, 22:56
by Sasquatch
With 4.1 beta, we now have the option to replace an extpack instead of having to first uninstall it and then install the new version. But, it's not working. I get an Invalid option -r error. This is the full output of my attempt to replace my existing extpack:
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sudo VBoxManage extpack install --replace /tmp/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.0_BETA3-72886.vbox-extpack
Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 4.1.0_BETA3
(C) 2005-2011 Oracle Corporation
All rights reserved.
Usage:
VBoxManage extpack install [--replace] <tarball> |
uninstall [--force] <name> |
cleanup
VBoxManage: error: Invalid option -r
That doesn't sound right. What option is it talking about? Is it ignoring the first dash and 'eplace'?
Re: VBoxManage extpack install --replace not working
Posted: 19. Jul 2011, 16:03
by frank
That's indeed a typo. The --replace option will not be accepted. That will be fixed in the next maintenance release.
Re: VBoxManage extpack install --replace not working
Posted: 19. Jul 2011, 16:07
by frank
Same problem in 4.0.12 btw.
Re: VBoxManage extpack install --replace not working
Posted: 19. Jul 2011, 20:40
by Sasquatch
Frank Mehnert wrote:Same problem in 4.0.12 btw.
That's impossible, because 4.0.12 didn't have VBoxManage extpack install --replace option. The --replace was added in 4.1. The documentation of 4.0 also doesn't note the --replace option, but 4.1 does.
So we have to wait for 4.1.2 before this works? That's a shame. I should have found this problem sooner so it would have been fixed before final.
Re: [FIXED] VBoxManage extpack install --replace not working
Posted: 20. Jul 2011, 14:19
by frank
Actually 4.0.12 has this option implemented but it was never documented. And, as I said, this option did not work because there was a bug in command line scanning, see
here. And no, even 'r' would not work, see some lines above
Re:VBoxManage extpack install --replace not working
Posted: 20. Jul 2011, 22:10
by Perryg
OK I finally got this to work but not with the syntax listed in the CLI help.
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VBoxManage extpack install --replace <absolute path>/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.0-73009.vbox-extpack
(returns error)
- VBoxManage: error: '<absolute path>/--replace' file not found
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component ExtPackFile, interface IExtPackFile, callee nsISupports
Context: "Install(fReplace, NULL, ptrProgress.asOutParam())" at line 1065 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp
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VBoxManage extpack install <absolute path>/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.0-73009.vbox-extpack --replace
(works)
CLI help below:
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VBoxManage extpack install [--replace] <tarball> |
uninstall [--force] <name> |
cleanup