[vagrant 2.2.5] VirtualBox provider dependency version conflict on ffi.

[Jeremy Whiting]

Before running a Blog post example vagrant configuration I am stuck installing the provider plugin called virtualbox. Attempting to install the plugin fails. Due to a dependency conflict on ffi.

$ vagrant plugin install virtualbox
Installing the 'virtualbox' plugin. This can take a few minutes...
Vagrant failed to properly resolve required dependencies. These
errors can commonly be caused by misconfigured plugin installations
or transient network issues. The reported error is:

conflicting dependencies ffi (~> 1.0.9) and ffi (= 1.10.0)
  Activated ffi-1.10.0
  which does not match conflicting dependency (~> 1.0.9)

  Conflicting dependency chains:
    ffi (= 1.10.0), 1.10.0 activated

  versus:
    virtualbox (> 0), 0.9.0 activated, depends on
    ffi (~> 1.0.9)


$

 Is this error normal or error easily solved ?

 Details of my system. Fedora 30.

$ vagrant box list
geerlingguy/ubuntu1404 (virtualbox, 1.2.12)
$ uname -a
Linux f30lite 5.2.17-200.fc30.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Sep 23 13:42:32 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ vagrant --version
Vagrant 2.2.5
$ vagrant plugin list
vagrant-libvirt (0.0.45, system)
$

Blog post
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/creating-custom-dynamic-inventories-ansible

[Jeremy Whiting]

 I think this a non-issue. Only problem was my assumption on the plugin provider installation mechanism.

 After installing VirturalBox using my host platform software installer (dnf in my case) the command to start the VM succeeded.

$ sudo dnf install VirtualBox

.....

.....

Installed:
  VirtualBox-6.0.14-1.fc30.x86_64                akmods-0.5.6-20.fc30.noarch                
  elfutils-libelf-devel-0.177-1.fc30.x86_64      kmodtool-1-34.fc30.noarch                  
  akmod-VirtualBox-6.0.14-1.fc30.x86_64          VirtualBox-kmodsrc-6.0.14-1.fc30.noarch    
  VirtualBox-server-6.0.14-1.fc30.x86_64       

Complete!
$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'testinventory1' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> testinventory1: Importing base box 'geerlingguy/ubuntu1404'...
==> testinventory1: Matching MAC address for NAT networking...
==> testinventory1: Checking if box 'geerlingguy/ubuntu1404' version '1.2.12' is up to date...
==> testinventory1: Setting the name of the VM: tmp_testinventory1_1571664664932_17595
==> testinventory1: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> testinventory1: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    testinventory1: Adapter 1: nat
    testinventory1: Adapter 2: hostonly
==> testinventory1: Forwarding ports...
    testinventory1: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
==> testinventory1: Running 'pre-boot' VM customizations...
==> testinventory1: Booting VM...
==> testinventory1: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
    testinventory1: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
    testinventory1: SSH username: vagrant
    testinventory1: SSH auth method: private key
==> testinventory1: Machine booted and ready!
==> testinventory1: Checking for guest additions in VM...
==> testinventory1: Setting hostname...
==> testinventory1: Configuring and enabling network interfaces...
==> testinventory1: Mounting shared folders...
    testinventory1: /vagrant => /tmp
$

 Working as expected :)

[Brian Cain]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 5:46 AM 'Jeremy Whiting' via Vagrant <vagra...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Before running a Blog post example vagrant configuration I am stuck installing the provider plugin called virtualbox. Attempting to install the plugin fails. Due to a dependency conflict on ffi.

$ vagrant plugin install virtualbox
Installing the 'virtualbox' plugin. This can take a few minutes...
Vagrant failed to properly resolve required dependencies. These
errors can commonly be caused by misconfigured plugin installations
or transient network issues. The reported error is:

Hey there,

You don't need to install a virtualbox plugin. That's an old ruby gem, and not the vagrant virtualbox plugin. When you install Vagrant, it comes with the virtualbox provider automatically.

 

conflicting dependencies ffi (~> 1.0.9) and ffi (= 1.10.0)
  Activated ffi-1.10.0
  which does not match conflicting dependency (~> 1.0.9)

  Conflicting dependency chains:
    ffi (= 1.10.0), 1.10.0 activated

  versus:
    virtualbox (> 0), 0.9.0 activated, depends on
    ffi (~> 1.0.9)


$

 Is this error normal or error easily solved ?

 Details of my system. Fedora 30.

$ vagrant box list
geerlingguy/ubuntu1404 (virtualbox, 1.2.12)
$ uname -a
Linux f30lite 5.2.17-200.fc30.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Sep 23 13:42:32 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ vagrant --version
Vagrant 2.2.5
$ vagrant plugin list
vagrant-libvirt (0.0.45, system)
$

Blog post
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/creating-custom-dynamic-inventories-ansible

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