[vbox-dev] VirtualBox fails to install python bindings on Ubuntu 11.04 x64

[Alexey Eromenko]

VirtualBox 4.0.51 r71902 fails to install python bindings on Ubuntu 11.04 x64:

$ sudo su -
# export VBOX_INSTALL_PATH=/opt/VirtualBox
# cd /opt/VirtualBox/sdk/installer
# python vboxapisetup.py install

running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/vboxapi
copying vboxapi/VirtualBox_constants.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/vboxapi
copying vboxapi/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/vboxapi
running install_lib
copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7/vboxapi/__init__.py ->
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/vboxapi
byte-compiling /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/vboxapi/__init__.py
to __init__.pyc
running install_egg_info
Removing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/vboxapi-1.0.egg-info
Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/vboxapi-1.0.egg-info

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At this point bindings installed, kernel module loaded, and user can start VMs.
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$ python
>>> from vboxapi import VirtualBoxManager
>>> mgr = VirtualBoxManager(None, None)
.....
Error: Cannot find VBoxPython module

(yet this works on Debian 6)

Any ideas?
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-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"