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NixOS virtualbox guest additions
# ...
virtualisation.virtualbox.guest.enable = true;
nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs: {
linuxPackages = pkgs.linuxPackages // {
virtualboxGuestAdditions = pkgs.callPackage ./virtualbox-guest.nix {};
};
};
# ...
{ stdenv, fetchurl, lib, patchelf, cdrkit, kernel, which, makeWrapper
, xorg, dbus, virtualbox }:
let
# version = virtualbox.version;
version = "5.1.22";
xserverVListFunc = builtins.elemAt (stdenv.lib.splitString "." xorg.xorgserver.version);
# Forced to 1.18 in <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix>
# as it even fails to build otherwise. Still, override this even here,
# in case someone does just a standalone build
# (not via videoDrivers = ["vboxvideo"]).
# It's likely to work again in some future update.
xserverABI = let abi = xserverVListFunc 0 + xserverVListFunc 1;
in if abi == "119" then "118" else abi;
in
stdenv.mkDerivation {
name = "VirtualBox-GuestAdditions-${version}-${kernel.version}";
src = fetchurl {
url = "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/${version}/VBoxGuestAdditions_${version}.iso"
sha256 = "54df14f234b6aa484b94939ab0f435b5dd859417612b65a399ecc34a62060380";
};
KERN_DIR = "${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/*/build";
hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types";
buildInputs = [ patchelf cdrkit makeWrapper dbus ];
installPhase = ''
mkdir -p $out
cp -r install/* $out
'';
buildCommand = with xorg; ''
${if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then ''
isoinfo -J -i $src -x /VBoxLinuxAdditions.run > ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
chmod 755 ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --noexec --keep
''
else throw ("Architecture: "+stdenv.system+" not supported for VirtualBox guest additions")
}
# Unpack files
cd install
${if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then ''
tar xfvj VBoxGuestAdditions-x86.tar.bz2
''
else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then ''
tar xfvj VBoxGuestAdditions-amd64.tar.bz2
''
else throw ("Architecture: "+stdenv.system+" not supported for VirtualBox guest additions")
}
# Build kernel modules
cd src
for i in *
do
cd $i
find . -type f | xargs sed 's/depmod -a/true/' -i
make
cd ..
done
cd ..
# Change the interpreter for various binaries
for i in sbin/VBoxService bin/{VBoxClient,VBoxControl} lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/mount.vboxsf
do
${if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then ''
patchelf --set-interpreter ${stdenv.glibc.out}/lib/ld-linux.so.2 $i
''
else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then ''
patchelf --set-interpreter ${stdenv.glibc.out}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 $i
''
else throw ("Architecture: "+stdenv.system+" not supported for VirtualBox guest additions"
}
patchelf --set-rpath ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ stdenv.cc.cc dbus libX11 libXt libXext libXmu
done
for i in lib/VBoxOGL*.so
do
patchelf --set-rpath ${lib.makeLibraryPath [ "$out" dbus libXcomposite libXdamage libXext
done
# FIXME: Virtualbox 4.3.22 moved VBoxClient-all (required by Guest Additions
# NixOS module) to 98vboxadd-xclient. For now, just work around it:
mv lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/98vboxadd-xclient bin/VBoxClient-all
# Remove references to /usr from various scripts and files
sed -i -e "s|/usr/bin|$out/bin|" share/VBoxGuestAdditions/vboxclient.desktop
sed -i -e "s|/usr/bin|$out/bin|" bin/VBoxClient-all
# Install binaries
install -D -m 4755 lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/mount.vboxsf $out/bin/mount.vboxsf
install -D -m 755 sbin/VBoxService $out/bin/VBoxService
mkdir -p $out/bin
install -m 755 bin/VBoxClient $out/bin
install -m 755 bin/VBoxControl $out/bin
install -m 755 bin/VBoxClient-all $out/bin
wrapProgram $out/bin/VBoxClient-all \
--prefix PATH : "${which}/bin"
# Install OpenGL libraries
mkdir -p $out/lib
cp -v lib/VBoxOGL*.so $out/lib
mkdir -p $out/lib/dri
ln -s $out/lib/VBoxOGL.so $out/lib/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so
# Install desktop file
mkdir -p $out/share/autostart
cp -v share/VBoxGuestAdditions/vboxclient.desktop $out/share/autostart
# Install Xorg drivers
mkdir -p $out/lib/xorg/modules/{drivers,input}
install -m 644 lib/VBoxGuestAdditions/vboxvideo_drv_${xserverABI}.so $out/lib/xorg/modules/dri
# Install kernel modules
cd src
for i in *
do
cd $i
kernelVersion=$(cd ${kernel.dev}/lib/modules; ls)
export MODULE_DIR=$out/lib/modules/$kernelVersion/misc
find . -type f | xargs sed -i -e "s|-o root||g" \
-e "s|-g root||g"
make install
cd ..
done
''; # */
meta = {
description = "Guest additions for VirtualBox";
longDescriptions = ''
Various add-ons which makes NixOS work better as guest OS inside VirtualBox.
This add-on provides support for dynamic resizing of the X Display, shared
host/guest clipboard support and guest OpenGL support.
'';
license = "GPL";
maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sander ];
platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
};
}
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