Ubuntu plugin packages not detected by Vagrant

[brainchild0]

Plugins supplied through packages from the Ubuntu repository are observed not to be detected by the application. As such the packages are not useful for users trying to use the plugins they represent.

The problem is simple to demonstrate, as follows:

$ vagrant plugin list
No plugins installed.
$ sudo apt-get install -yqq vagrant-libvirt > /dev/null && echo "Installation ok"
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Installation ok
$ vagrant plugin list
No plugins installed.
$ vagrant --version
Vagrant 2.2.19
$ lsb_release --all --short
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Linuxmint
Description:	Linux Mint 20.3
Release:	20.3
Codename:	una

Per-user installation of plugins through the application (e.g. vagrant plugin install) is effective, and is suggested as a workaround.

[k7faq]

I am having this same issue with Ubuntu 20.04. Is there any progress on this?

[k7faq]

@brainchild0 I was able to deploy vms using this docker container solution found at https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt. Hope this helps you along.

[archidote]

Same issue as you all with ubuntu 22.04...

[brainchild0]

Confirmed, too, not resolved after upgrade to Linux Mint 21 (based on Ubuntu 22.04).

[chrisroberts]

Hi there,

Vagrant's plugin system is managed by Vagrant itself, and installing a Vagrant plugin via a package manager is not supported. Installing the plugin using the vagrant plugin install command is the proper way to install plugins.

Cheers

[brainchild0]

Why do the operating systems include packages named after the vagrant plugins?