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natostanco

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Registered: 2008-01-07

Posts: 126

vbox gtk configuration?

Installed it from the aur, launching vboxgtk I get:

ERROR: vboxapi package not found

You'll have to set the VBOX_PROGRAM_PATH and (possibly) the VBOX_SDK_PATH
environment variables to point to the locations of the VirtualBox
installation directory and VirtualBox SDK directory, respectively. Otherwise
this program will not run.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/vboxgtk", line 92, in <module>
    test_import()
  File "/usr/bin/vboxgtk", line 85, in test_import
    raise ex    
ImportError: No module named vboxap

I wonder where I should set the VBOX_PROGRAM_PATH variable.

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,356

Re: vbox gtk configuration?

Installed it from the aur, launching vboxgtk I get:

ERROR: vboxapi package not found

You'll have to set the VBOX_PROGRAM_PATH and (possibly) the VBOX_SDK_PATH
environment variables to point to the locations of the VirtualBox
installation directory and VirtualBox SDK directory, respectively. Otherwise
this program will not run.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/vboxgtk", line 92, in <module>
    test_import()
  File "/usr/bin/vboxgtk", line 85, in test_import
    raise ex    
ImportError: No module named vboxap

I wonder where I should set the VBOX_PROGRAM_PATH variable.

They're environment variables, set them in .profile or similar. Google will show you a list of places, and their relative merits/uses.

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natostanco

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Registered: 2008-01-07

Posts: 126

Re: vbox gtk configuration?

well, actually I googled quite a lot, and couldn't find anything similar to a manual or description about vboxgtk, not even is the sourceforge project site.

ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

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Re: vbox gtk configuration?

well, actually I googled quite a lot, and couldn't find anything similar to a manual or description about vboxgtk, not even is the sourceforge project site.

I have no idea what vboxgtk is, but I was referring to googling about environment variables, since that's your main question.

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Re: vbox gtk configuration?

install virtualbox-sdk

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natostanco

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Registered: 2008-01-07

Posts: 126

Re: vbox gtk configuration?

thanks, after installing the virtualbox-sdk I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/vboxgtk", line 94, in <module>
    vboxgtk.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vboxgtk/vboxgtk_iface.py", line 797, in main
    VBoxGtk(vboxdao_generic.VBoxDao())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vboxgtk/vboxdao_generic.py", line 80, in __init__
    self.default_media_folder) = self.get_system_properties()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vboxgtk/vboxdao_generic.py", line 93, in get_system_properties
    props.maxVDISize, props.defaultHardDiskFolder)
  File "/usr/lib/virtualbox/sdk/bindings/xpcom/python/xpcom/client/__init__.py", line 384, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError, "XPCOM component '%s' has no attribute '%s'" % (self._object_name_, attr)
AttributeError: XPCOM component '<unknown>' has no attribute 'maxVDISize'

there is a pyxpcom packagage in the aur, is this related?
maybe this vboxgtk is too broken...

hauzer

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From: Belgrade, Serbia

Registered: 2010-11-17

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Re: vbox gtk configuration?

Use vboxgtk-svn, it works fine here.

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natostanco

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Registered: 2008-01-07

Posts: 126

Re: vbox gtk configuration?

I get the same error regarding the xpcom module with the svn too.

seems like the latest update solved the problem.

Last edited by natostanco (2011-05-02 14:51:40)