[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBDS-3761) when replacing an existing VBox install, should use the same install folder; could also ask user where they want VirtualBox installed

[Nick Boldt (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3761?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13186109#comment-13186109 ] 

Nick Boldt edited comment on JBDS-3761 at 4/4/16 11:36 AM:
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After purging the Devplatform installer-installed version of VBox 5.0.8, I reinstalled VBox 5.0.8 by hand from [1].

[1] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.8/VirtualBox-5.0.8-103449-Win.exe

Then, using the latest build of the installer (built locally today from latest in master), I get this:

!JBDS3761-VBox508installed-but-honeybadger-installer-doesnt-care.png!

So even though it's installed, the DP installer won't accept it. Perhaps it's a registry issue? Perhaps it's that the installer wants it in c:\devplatform\vbox instead of c:\progra~1\oracle\virtualbox ?



was (Author: nickboldt):
After purging the Devplatform installer-installed version of VBox 5.0.8, I reinstalled VBox 5.0.8 by hand from [1].

Then, using the latest build of the installer (built locally today from latest in master), I get this:

!JBDS3761-VBox508installed-but-honeybadger-installer-doesnt-care.png!

So even though it's installed, the DP installer won't accept it. Perhaps it's a registry issue? Perhaps it's that the installer wants it in c:\devplatform\vbox instead of c:\progra~1\oracle\virtualbox ?


> when replacing an existing VBox install, should use the same install folder; could also ask user where they want VirtualBox installed
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: JBDS-3761
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBDS-3761
>             Project: Developer Studio (JBoss Developer Studio)
>          Issue Type: Feature Request
>          Components: installer
>    Affects Versions: 9.1.0.CR1
>            Reporter: Nick Boldt
>             Fix For: 9.1.0.GA
>
>         Attachments: JBDS3761-VBox508installed-but-honeybadger-installer-doesnt-care.png, vbox-install-omits-guestadditions.png
>
>
> I had Virtual Box 5.0.16 installed.
> The dev platform installer (build 33) decided 5.0.16 was bad, uninstalled it, and instead installed 5.0.8 into C:\DeveloperPlatform\virtualbox (where I had had it installed to the default folder, c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox.
> As a result, my existing VB install cannot find the Guest Additions iso image.
> !vbox-install-omits-guestadditions.png!
> I suggest that since the installation of Virtual Box isn't something that is necessarily tied into the DevPlatform, it should be installed into its default folder, c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox, rather than C:\DeveloperPlatform\virtualbox. 
> Or if not, the installer could ask the user if they want to use the default folder (for reuse) or install under the DeveloperPlatform folder (for a more self-contained installation footprint).



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