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Universal Blue•2mo ago
PCArcade

How to Install virtualhere?

There doesn't seem to be a flatpak, I couldn't get distrobox to work (could well be me) and there's no rpm-ostree...help! 🙂
18 Replies
Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo•2mo ago
layer with rpm-ostree
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
virtualhere isn't there to install
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
or I'm missing something, it's installed via a script available here : https://github.com/virtualhere/script
GitHub
GitHub - virtualhere/script
Contribute to virtualhere/script development by creating an account on GitHub.
Kyle Gospo
Kyle Gospo•2mo ago
That script will work as-is
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
Job for virtualhere.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status virtualhere.service" and "journalctl -xeu virtualhere.service" for details.
 1 pcarcade@bazzite:~/Downloads$ systemctl status virtualhere.service 
× virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/virtualhere.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2025-02-20 15:05:43 GMT; 22s ago
 Invocation: 50b56148b31a4d188770a6a3eafe45ca
    Process: 591319 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /usr/local/etc/virtualhere/config.ini (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
   Mem peak: 1.1M
        CPU: 3ms

Feb 20 15:05:42 bazzite systemd[1]: Starting virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server...
Feb 20 15:05:42 bazzite (bdx86_64)[591319]: virtualhere.service: Unable to locate executable '/usr/local/sbin/vhusbdx86_64': Permission denied
Feb 20 15:05:42 bazzite (bdx86_64)[591319]: virtualhere.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/local/sbin/vhusbdx86_64: Permission denied
Feb 20 15:05:43 bazzite systemd[1]: virtualhere.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Feb 20 15:05:43 bazzite systemd[1]: virtualhere.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 20 15:05:43 bazzite systemd[1]: Failed to start virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server.
Job for virtualhere.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status virtualhere.service" and "journalctl -xeu virtualhere.service" for details.
 1 pcarcade@bazzite:~/Downloads$ systemctl status virtualhere.service 
× virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/virtualhere.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2025-02-20 15:05:43 GMT; 22s ago
 Invocation: 50b56148b31a4d188770a6a3eafe45ca
    Process: 591319 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /usr/local/etc/virtualhere/config.ini (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
   Mem peak: 1.1M
        CPU: 3ms

Feb 20 15:05:42 bazzite systemd[1]: Starting virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server...
Feb 20 15:05:42 bazzite (bdx86_64)[591319]: virtualhere.service: Unable to locate executable '/usr/local/sbin/vhusbdx86_64': Permission denied
Feb 20 15:05:42 bazzite (bdx86_64)[591319]: virtualhere.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/local/sbin/vhusbdx86_64: Permission denied
Feb 20 15:05:43 bazzite systemd[1]: virtualhere.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Feb 20 15:05:43 bazzite systemd[1]: virtualhere.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 20 15:05:43 bazzite systemd[1]: Failed to start virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server.
It didn't for me 😦 Tried to install in a debian 12 distrobox and that fails as well : 
systemctl status virtualhere.service 
× virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/virtualhere.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Thu 2025-02-20 21:18:18 UTC; 7min ago
   Duration: 132ms
    Process: 2871 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /usr/local/etc/virtualhere/config.ini (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 2872 (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)
        CPU: 32ms
systemctl status virtualhere.service 
× virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/virtualhere.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Thu 2025-02-20 21:18:18 UTC; 7min ago
   Duration: 132ms
    Process: 2871 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /usr/local/etc/virtualhere/config.ini (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 2872 (code=dumped, signal=SEGV)
        CPU: 32ms
I'm at a loss, can anyone help?
termdisc
termdisc•2mo ago
looking at the script, it wants to drop a precompiled binary into /usr/local/sbin. I would just grab the one I need and throw the binary into ~/.local/bin, attempt to run it from there, and if it works, set up a user service similar to the way the script does it 
#!/bin/sh

if [ -n "$1" ]; then
  FILENAME="$1"
else
  ARCH=$(uname -m)
  if [ -z "${ARCH##*arm*}" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdarm"
  elif [ "$ARCH" = "mips" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdmips"
  elif [ "$ARCH" = "mipsel" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdmipsel"
  elif [ -z "${ARCH##*x86_64*}" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdx86_64"
  elif [ -z "${ARCH##*aarch64*}" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdarm64"
  else
    FILENAME="vhusbdi386"
  fi
fi
wget https://www.virtualhere.com/sites/default/files/usbserver/$FILENAME
chmod +x $FILENAME
mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin 
mv $FILENAME $HOME/.local/bin
mkdir -p $XDG_DATA_HOME/virtualhere
mkdir -p $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user

cat << EOF > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user/virtualhere.service
[Unit]
Description=VirtualHere Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=$HOME/.local/bin/$FILENAME -b -c $XDG_DATA_HOME/virtualhere/config.ini

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
  systemctl daemon-reload
  systemctl --user enable virtualhere.service
  systemctl --user start virtualhere.service
else
  echo "Error, only systemd is supported"
fi
#!/bin/sh

if [ -n "$1" ]; then
  FILENAME="$1"
else
  ARCH=$(uname -m)
  if [ -z "${ARCH##*arm*}" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdarm"
  elif [ "$ARCH" = "mips" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdmips"
  elif [ "$ARCH" = "mipsel" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdmipsel"
  elif [ -z "${ARCH##*x86_64*}" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdx86_64"
  elif [ -z "${ARCH##*aarch64*}" ]; then
    FILENAME="vhusbdarm64"
  else
    FILENAME="vhusbdi386"
  fi
fi
wget https://www.virtualhere.com/sites/default/files/usbserver/$FILENAME
chmod +x $FILENAME
mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin 
mv $FILENAME $HOME/.local/bin
mkdir -p $XDG_DATA_HOME/virtualhere
mkdir -p $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user

cat << EOF > $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/systemd/user/virtualhere.service
[Unit]
Description=VirtualHere Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=$HOME/.local/bin/$FILENAME -b -c $XDG_DATA_HOME/virtualhere/config.ini

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
  systemctl daemon-reload
  systemctl --user enable virtualhere.service
  systemctl --user start virtualhere.service
else
  echo "Error, only systemd is supported"
fi
don't know if this works. this is just a basic edit of the script to run in user space
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
I'll give it a go, thank you 🙂 it's still not working, but I genuinely appreciate the help : 
pcarcade@bazzite:~$ ./install_server 
Saving 'vhusbdx86_64'
HTTP response 200 OK [https://www.virtualhere.com/sites/default/files/usbserver/vhusbdx86_64]
vhusbdx86_64         100% [=========================================================================================================================>]  429.31K  998.03KB/s
                          [Files: 1  Bytes: 429.31K [349.89KB/s] Redirects: 0  Todo: 0  Errors: 0                                                    ]
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/virtualhere’: Operation not permitted
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/systemd’: Operation not permitted
./install_server: line 28: /systemd/user/virtualhere.service: No such file or directory
Failed to enable unit: Unit virtualhere.service does not exist
Failed to start virtualhere.service: Unit virtualhere.service not found.
./install_server: line 43: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
./install_server: line 43: `else'
 2 pcarcade@bazzite:~$ nano install_server 
pcarcade@bazzite:~$ 
pcarcade@bazzite:~$ ./install_server 
Saving 'vhusbdx86_64'
HTTP response 200 OK [https://www.virtualhere.com/sites/default/files/usbserver/vhusbdx86_64]
vhusbdx86_64         100% [=========================================================================================================================>]  429.31K  998.03KB/s
                          [Files: 1  Bytes: 429.31K [349.89KB/s] Redirects: 0  Todo: 0  Errors: 0                                                    ]
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/virtualhere’: Operation not permitted
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/systemd’: Operation not permitted
./install_server: line 28: /systemd/user/virtualhere.service: No such file or directory
Failed to enable unit: Unit virtualhere.service does not exist
Failed to start virtualhere.service: Unit virtualhere.service not found.
./install_server: line 43: syntax error near unexpected token `else'
./install_server: line 43: `else'
 2 pcarcade@bazzite:~$ nano install_server 
pcarcade@bazzite:~$
termdisc
termdisc•2mo ago
Huh, guess the aliases didn’t resolve properly Can you run echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME?
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
it's empty What should it contain? OK, so I replaced $XDG_CONFIG_HOME with $HOME/.config and got a little further, but now I get: 
Job for virtualhere.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl --user status virtualhere.service" and "journalctl --user -xeu virtualhere.service" for details.
Job for virtualhere.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl --user status virtualhere.service" and "journalctl --user -xeu virtualhere.service" for details.
Looking at 
systemctl --user status birtualhere.service
systemctl --user status birtualhere.service
I get the following: 
systemctl --user status virtualhere.service
× virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server
     Loaded: loaded (/home/pcarcade/.config/systemd/user/virtualhere.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-03-02 12:47:10 GMT; 9s ago
 Invocation: c6934b05b9254c93ad964050afb31ee0
    Process: 1313715 ExecStart=/home/pcarcade/.local/bin/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /home/pcarcade/.config/virtualhere/config.ini (code=exited, status=2)
   Mem peak: 2M
        CPU: 34ms

Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite systemd[2131]: Starting virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server...
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1313715]: >>> Starting VirtualHere USB Server v4.7.5 (Built: Feb 12 2025, 13:36:26)<<<
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1313715]: Using configuration /home/pcarcade/.config/virtualhere/config.ini
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1313715]: Permission denied, did you run with sudo?
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1313715]: >>> Shutdown <<<
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite systemd[2131]: virtualhere.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite systemd[2131]: virtualhere.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite systemd[2131]: Failed to start virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server.
systemctl --user status virtualhere.service
× virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server
     Loaded: loaded (/home/pcarcade/.config/systemd/user/virtualhere.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/user/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2025-03-02 12:47:10 GMT; 9s ago
 Invocation: c6934b05b9254c93ad964050afb31ee0
    Process: 1313715 ExecStart=/home/pcarcade/.local/bin/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /home/pcarcade/.config/virtualhere/config.ini (code=exited, status=2)
   Mem peak: 2M
        CPU: 34ms

Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite systemd[2131]: Starting virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server...
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1313715]: >>> Starting VirtualHere USB Server v4.7.5 (Built: Feb 12 2025, 13:36:26)<<<
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1313715]: Using configuration /home/pcarcade/.config/virtualhere/config.ini
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1313715]: Permission denied, did you run with sudo?
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1313715]: >>> Shutdown <<<
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite systemd[2131]: virtualhere.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite systemd[2131]: virtualhere.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 02 12:47:10 bazzite systemd[2131]: Failed to start virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server.
it's there now, but I can't start the service
wolfyreload
wolfyreload•2mo ago
I'd guess that that config file isn't accessible because you may have run the service as sudo at some point. try change ownership of the file with sudo chown $USER:$USER /home/pcarcade/.config/virtualhere/config.ini Then try and start your service again with systemctl --user start birtualhere.service
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
Weird, I already own config.ini... and nothing changes when I try to start the service....
wolfyreload
wolfyreload•2mo ago
what happends if you manually run /home/pcarcade/.local/bin/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /home/pcarcade/.config/virtualhere/config.ini
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
Permission denied, did you run with sudo?
Permission denied, did you run with sudo?
weird though as I own both vhusbdx86_64 and the config.ini
wolfyreload
wolfyreload•2mo ago
So I rewrote it's installer script and its working for me. Create a file called virtual-here-installer.sh put the code below in the file 
#!/bin/sh
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Please run with sudo"
  exit 1
fi
wget https://www.virtualhere.com/sites/default/files/usbserver/vhusbdx86_64
chmod +x vhusbdx86_64
sudo mkdir -p /opt/virtualhere/
mv vhusbdx86_64 /opt/virtualhere/
mkdir -p /etc/virtualhere
if [ -d "/etc/systemd/system" ]; then
  cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/virtualhere.service
[Unit]
Description=VirtualHere Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c "/opt/virtualhere/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /etc/virtualhere/config.ini"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
  systemctl daemon-reload
  systemctl enable virtualhere.service
  systemctl start virtualhere.service
else
  echo "Error, only systemd is supported"
fi
#!/bin/sh
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "Please run with sudo"
  exit 1
fi
wget https://www.virtualhere.com/sites/default/files/usbserver/vhusbdx86_64
chmod +x vhusbdx86_64
sudo mkdir -p /opt/virtualhere/
mv vhusbdx86_64 /opt/virtualhere/
mkdir -p /etc/virtualhere
if [ -d "/etc/systemd/system" ]; then
  cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/virtualhere.service
[Unit]
Description=VirtualHere Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c "/opt/virtualhere/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /etc/virtualhere/config.ini"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
  systemctl daemon-reload
  systemctl enable virtualhere.service
  systemctl start virtualhere.service
else
  echo "Error, only systemd is supported"
fi
Run sudo chmod +x virtual-here-installer.sh then run sudo ./virtual-here-installer.sh to install the application. You might need to uninstall your custom systemd service first with rm /home/pcarcade/.config/systemd/user/virtualhere.service getting this when running systemctrl status virtual-here.service 
virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/virtualhere.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-03-02 16:02:58 SAST; 6s ago
 Invocation: 7fe8f86d18a14a0a923c204689564dac
    Process: 20836 ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c /opt/virtualhere/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /etc/virtualhere/config.ini (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 20844 (vhusbdx86_64)
      Tasks: 28 (limit: 37365)
     Memory: 2.7M (peak: 3M)
        CPU: 59ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/virtualhere.service
             └─20844 /opt/virtualhere/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /etc/virtualhere/config.ini

Mar 02 16:02:58 bazzite-gnome vhusbdx86_64[20844]: Server licensed to=unlicensed max_devices=1
Mar 02 16:02:58 bazzite-gnome vhusbdx86_64[20844]: Listening on all network interfaces at TCP port 7575
Mar 02 16:02:58 bazzite-gnome vhusbdx86_64[20844]: Found Super speed device [152d:0578] "JMicron, External USB 3.0" at address 23
Mar 02 16:02:58 bazzite-gnome vhusbdx86_64[20844]: Found High speed device [046d:0825] "0x046d, 0x0825" at address 14
virtualhere.service - VirtualHere Server
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/virtualhere.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
    Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/service.d
             └─10-timeout-abort.conf
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-03-02 16:02:58 SAST; 6s ago
 Invocation: 7fe8f86d18a14a0a923c204689564dac
    Process: 20836 ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c /opt/virtualhere/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /etc/virtualhere/config.ini (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 20844 (vhusbdx86_64)
      Tasks: 28 (limit: 37365)
     Memory: 2.7M (peak: 3M)
        CPU: 59ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/virtualhere.service
             └─20844 /opt/virtualhere/vhusbdx86_64 -b -c /etc/virtualhere/config.ini

Mar 02 16:02:58 bazzite-gnome vhusbdx86_64[20844]: Server licensed to=unlicensed max_devices=1
Mar 02 16:02:58 bazzite-gnome vhusbdx86_64[20844]: Listening on all network interfaces at TCP port 7575
Mar 02 16:02:58 bazzite-gnome vhusbdx86_64[20844]: Found Super speed device [152d:0578] "JMicron, External USB 3.0" at address 23
Mar 02 16:02:58 bazzite-gnome vhusbdx86_64[20844]: Found High speed device [046d:0825] "0x046d, 0x0825" at address 14
So it looks good. I rewrote their installer script to put the files in /opt which is a writable location in bazzite and also changed the service call to make it work, not sure why I need to /usr/bin/bash -c lol but it was recommended on a stackoverflow and wouldn't start otherwise
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
it's still failing, but for a different reason : 
Mar 02 14:44:23 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1351795]: Error 98 binding socket, Address in use
Mar 02 14:44:23 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1351795]: Error starting server
Mar 02 14:44:23 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1351795]: Error 98 binding socket, Address in use
Mar 02 14:44:23 bazzite vhusbdx86_64[1351795]: Error starting server
wolfyreload
wolfyreload•2mo ago
You running the app already somewhere else try run sudo killall vhusbdx86_64 then try start it again with sudo systemctl start virtualhere.service
PCArcade
PCArcadeOP•2mo ago
THANK YOU!!!! 🙂 It's working now, thank you so much for your expertise
wolfyreload
wolfyreload•2mo ago
Great! 🙂 You are welcome

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