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FS#50084 - [virtualbox] qt5-x11extras dependency isn't really optional.

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by john doe (jatone) - Monday, 18 July 2016, 12:16 GMT
Last edited by Doug Newgard (Scimmia) - Monday, 18 July 2016, 13:53 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
virtualbox ui fails to start.

Additional info:
Name : virtualbox
Version : 5.1.0-1
Description : Powerful x86 virtualization for enterprise as well as home use
Architecture : x86_64
URL : http://virtualbox.org
Licenses : GPL custom
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : glibc openssl curl gcc-libs libpng python2 sdl libvpx libxml2 procps-ng shared-mime-info zlib libxcursor libxinerama libx11 libxext libxmu libxt VIRTUALBOX-HOST-MODULES
Optional Deps : qt5-x11extras: GUI support
vde2: Virtual Distributed Ethernet support [installed]
virtualbox-guest-iso: Guest Additions CD image [installed]
virtualbox-ext-vnc: VNC server support
virtualbox-sdk: Developer kit
net-tools: Host-only or bridged networking support [installed]
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : virtualbox-ose
Replaces : virtualbox-ose
Installed Size : 92.98 MiB
Packager : Sébastien Luttringer <seblu@seblu.net>
Build Date : Thu 14 Jul 2016 02:41:35 PM EDT
Install Date : Mon 18 Jul 2016 07:50:47 AM EDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : Signature


Steps to reproduce:
>virtualbox
VirtualBox: supR3HardenedMainGetTrustedMain: dlopen("/usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox.so",) failed: libQt5X11Extras.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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Closed by  Doug Newgard (Scimmia)
Monday, 18 July 2016, 13:53 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Install it if you want the GUI, just like the description says
Comment by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Monday, 18 July 2016, 12:27 GMT
Actually it is optional. You can start Virtualbox VMs in headless mode on servers without X11.

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