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Offline musca

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install of virtualbox extensionpack fails on KDE
« on: 2014/04/10, 10:00:04 »
Hello dear virtualbox users,

the proprietary extensionpack only provides USB2, PXE and RDP capabilities. 

Installing over the menu: File / Global Settings / Extensionpack fails right after entering the root password in KDESU:
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The installer failed with exit code 1: .

Errorcode:NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:ExtPackManager
Interface:IExtPackManager {3295e6ce-b051-47b2-9514-2c588bfe7554}


As a workaround you can install from commandline:
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# VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.10-93012.vbox-extpack
0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Successfully installed "Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack".


Have virtual fun with plenty of possibilities!

greetings
musca
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Offline der_bud

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Re: install of virtualbox extensionpack fails on KDE
« Reply #1 on: 2014/04/10, 10:12:18 »
Thx musca
Or as written in this thread  http://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=4164.msg34973#msg34973  one could open a filemanager like dolphin as root and doubleclick extpack-file (ayla). Or open virtualbox as root once and install extpack (towo).
Du lachst? Wieso lachst du? Das ist doch oft so, Leute lachen erst und dann sind sie tot.

Offline musca

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Re: install of virtualbox extensionpack fails on KDE
« Reply #2 on: 2014/04/10, 11:34:07 »
Hello der_bud,
devil tried those alternative methods yesterday and both failed.

In general your suggestions do work, but not in this case. It seems to be a bug concerning KDE and dbus.

greetings
musca
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Offline devil

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Re: install of virtualbox extensionpack fails on KDE
« Reply #3 on: 2014/04/10, 11:37:54 »
Right, started as user, vbox does not accept the password it aks for if you klick on the ext-pack. Started as root, vbox crashes right away if clicking on the ext-pack. So vboxmanage seems to be the only way that works with 4.3.x and KDE.


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Offline pit

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solution: remove kdesu
« Reply #4 on: 2014/05/14, 16:02:59 »
Looks like kdesudo is the problem. I deleted it (still got kdesu) and everything went fine. Maybe you additionally have to edit this file:

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$HOME/.kde/share/config/kdesurc
Look for sudo and change it in su
« Last Edit: 2014/05/14, 16:38:39 by pit »