Arch Linux

Hey,
what I'm trying to do::

kmille@linbox py3status% head vms.py
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from virtualbox.library import MachineState
from virtualbox import VirtualBox

vbox = VirtualBox()


kmille@linbox py3status% python --version
Python 3.8.0
kmille@linbox py3status% python vms.py
m=VBoxPython3_8 x=No module named 'VBoxPython3_8'
m=VBoxPython3 x=No module named 'VBoxPython3'
m=VBoxPython x=No module named 'VBoxPython'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "vms.py", line 5, in <module>
vbox = VirtualBox()
File "/home/kmille/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualbox/library_ext/vbox.py", line 22, in __init__
manager = virtualbox.Manager()
File "/home/kmille/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualbox/__init__.py", line 145, in __init__
self.manager = vboxapi.VirtualBoxManager(mtype, mparams)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py", line 989, in __init__
self.platform = PlatformXPCOM(dPlatformParams)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py", line 750, in __init__
import xpcom.vboxxpcom
File "/usr/lib/virtualbox/sdk/bindings/xpcom/python/xpcom/vboxxpcom.py", line 79, in <module>
raise Exception('Cannot find VBoxPython module (tried: %s)' % (', '.join(_asVBoxPythons),))
Exception: Cannot find VBoxPython module (tried: VBoxPython3_8, VBoxPython3, VBoxPython)


So basically the code is trying to import VBoxPython3_8.so, VBoxPython3.so or VBoxPython.so. But none of the files are part of the virtualbox or virtualbox-sdk package. The problem exists since the python3 update from 3.7 to 3.8 on Arch Linux. I was trying to build Virtualbox from scratch but I can't find the problem.

I first tried this (https://github.com/ciarancourtney/build-virtualbox-docker/blob/master/Dockerfile) which gave me the following files:

root@8554bacc30ba:/VirtualBox/out/linux.amd64/release/obj# find .| grep Python | grep so$
./VBoxPython/VBoxPython.so
./VBoxPython3_6m/VBoxPython3_6m.so

If I build it manually on my Arch based on your PKGBUILD I just get the bindings for 2.7:
kmille@linbox obj master % find .| grep Python | grep so$
./VBoxPython/VBoxPython.so
./VBoxPython2_7/VBoxPython2_7.so

Does the python3 binding work for you?

If you need any help to reproduce the issue please just ask.