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Make sure that the system is up to date.
yum update
If a kernel update arrives, reboot the system. You must run the kernel with its current headers. Alternatively examine the results of the following commands
rpm -qa | grep kernel | short -V | tail -n 1
uname -rm
The versions should match !
Add the virtualbox .repo
su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
Update
yum update
Install the required packages
yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
Install virtualbox
yum install VirtualBox-4.3
If you want another version, use Tab Completion to list them all.
Build the modules now.
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Add the user in vboxusers group
usermod -a -G vboxusers username
replace username with your actual username.
Exit from root environment
exit
Run virtualbox either from terminal by issuing the command virtualbox
or search in the menu for an entry.
If in trouble with KERN_DIR error message
Try to specify the KERN_DIR manually
su -
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
export KERN_DIR
Try to rebuild the modules now
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
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Make sure that the system is up to date.
yum update
If a kernel update arrives, reboot the system. You must run the kernel with its current headers. Alternatively examine the results of the following commands
rpm -qa | grep kernel | short -V | tail -n 1
uname -rm
The versions should match !
Add the virtualbox .repo
su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
Update
yum update
Install the required packages
yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
Install virtualbox
yum install VirtualBox-4.3
If you want another version, use Tab Completion to list them all.
Build the modules now.
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Add the user in vboxusers group
usermod -a -G vboxusers username
replace username with your actual username.
Exit from root environment
exit
Run virtualbox either from terminal by issuing the command virtualbox
or search in the menu for an entry.
If in trouble with KERN_DIR error message
Try to specify the KERN_DIR manually
su -
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
export KERN_DIR
Try to rebuild the modules now
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
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Make sure that the system is up to date.
yum update
If a kernel update arrives, reboot the system. You must run the kernel with its current headers. Alternatively examine the results of the following commands
rpm -qa | grep kernel | short -V | tail -n 1
uname -rm
The versions should match !
Add the virtualbox .repo
su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
Update
yum update
Install the required packages
yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
Install virtualbox
yum install VirtualBox-4.3
If you want another version, use Tab Completion to list them all.
Build the modules now.
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Add the user in vboxusers group
usermod -a -G vboxusers username
replace username with your actual username.
Exit from root environment
exit
Run virtualbox either from terminal by issuing the command virtualbox
or search in the menu for an entry.
If in trouble with KERN_DIR error message
Try to specify the KERN_DIR manually
su -
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
export KERN_DIR
Try to rebuild the modules now
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
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Make sure that the system is up to date.
yum update
If a kernel update arrives, reboot the system. You must run the kernel with its current headers. Alternatively examine the results of the following commands
rpm -qa | grep kernel | short sort -V | tail -n 1
uname -rm
The versions should match !
Add the virtualbox .repo
su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
Update
yum update
Install the required packages
yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
Install virtualbox
yum install VirtualBox-4.3
If you want another version, use Tab Completion to list them all.
Build the modules now.
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Add the user in vboxusers group
usermod -a -G vboxusers username
replace username with your actual username.
Exit from root environment
exit
Run virtualbox either from terminal by issuing the command virtualbox
or search in the menu for an entry.
If in trouble with KERN_DIR error message
Try to specify the KERN_DIR manually
su -
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
export KERN_DIR
Try to rebuild the modules now
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
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Make sure that the system is up to date.
yum update
If a kernel update arrives, reboot the system. You must run the kernel with its current headers. Alternatively examine the results of the following commands
rpm -qa | grep kernel | sort -V | tail -n 1
uname -rm
The versions should match !
Add the virtualbox .repo
su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
Update
yum update
Install the required packages
yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
Install virtualbox
yum install VirtualBox-4.3
If you want another version, use Tab Completion to list them all.
Build the modules now.
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Add the user in vboxusers group
usermod -a -G vboxusers username
replace username with your actual username.
Exit from root environment
exit
Run virtualbox either from terminal by issuing the command virtualbox
or search in the menu for an entry.
If in trouble with KERN_DIR error message
Try to specify the KERN_DIR manually
su -
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
export KERN_DIR
Try to rebuild the modules now
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
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If you have UEFI with Secure boot On, then try this answer instead.
Make sure that the system is up to date.
yum update
If a kernel update arrives, reboot the system. You must run the kernel with its current headers. Alternatively examine the results of the following commands
rpm -qa kernel | sort -V | tail -n 1
uname -rm
The versions should match !
Add the virtualbox .repo
su -
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
Update
yum update
Install the required packages
yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
Install virtualbox
yum install VirtualBox-4.3
If you want another version, use Tab Completion to list them all.
Build the modules now.
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Add the user in vboxusers group
usermod -a -G vboxusers username
replace username with your actual username.
Exit from root environment
exit
Run virtualbox either from terminal by issuing the command virtualbox
or search in the menu for an entry.
If in trouble with KERN_DIR error message
Try to specify the KERN_DIR manually
su -
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
export KERN_DIR
Try to rebuild the modules now
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup