Can't install extensions

[Hanisch]

Hallo,

I can not install the Extension Pack under aptosid.


Das Zusatzpaket
~/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.0.4-70112.vbox-extpack konnte
nicht installiert werden.
The installer failed with exit code 1:

Fehlercode:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Komponente:
ExtPackManager
Interface:
IExtPackManager {2451b1ba-ab1c-42fb-b453-c58433bea8c7}

What is the reason for that and how can I install the Extension Pack?

I have adding the user to the Group vboxusers.


Regards
Ch. Hanisch

[stefan.becker]

Install it from the VBOX Gui.

[Hanisch]

Install it from the VBOX Gui.

I have done so, but the error is permanent.

[Sasquatch]

Don't change the name of the file. Then if the GUI doesn't trigger a gksu dialogue or other method of using su, then do the following:

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VBoxManage list extpacks

To make sure you don't have one or need to remove the old version. If a previous version is found, remove it by doing this:

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sudo VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"

Don't forget the quotes. Then do this:

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sudo VBoxManage extpack install /path/to/filename

Pay close attention to the uninstall and install commands, you MUST use root privileges for it. If you don't have sudo privileges, use 'su' to become root and run the command again (you can skip sudo).

[Hanisch]

Don't change the name of the file. Then if the GUI doesn't trigger a gksu dialogue or other method of using su, then do the following:

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VBoxManage list extpacks

To make sure you don't have one or need to remove the old version. If a previous version is found, remove it by doing this:

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sudo VBoxManage extpack uninstall "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack"

Don't forget the quotes. Then do this:

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sudo VBoxManage extpack install /path/to/filename

Pay close attention to the uninstall and install commands, you MUST use root privileges for it. If you don't have sudo privileges, use 'su' to become root and run the command again (you can skip sudo).

Ok. - Thank you. This works fine.
But why is the method with GUI not working?

Regards

Ch. Hanisch

[Sasquatch]

This is probably due to the fact that your sudo or gksu isn't working properly. I had the same problem and reported it here: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8110. The status hasn't changed since. This is one of the special cases that need manual CLI installation to get it going.