Unable to Compile Virtual Box Fedora 25

asked 2017-04-25 12:46:07 -0600

fsmart
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I followed the guide and got all the way to the compiling phase when I got the following error:

sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

Returns:

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxdrv.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxdrv.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxballoonctrl-service.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxballoonctrl-service.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxautostart-service.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxautostart-service.service. Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vboxweb-service.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/vboxweb-service.service. vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services. vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules. This system is not currently set up to build kernel modules (system extensions). Running the following commands should set the system up correctly:

yum install kernel-core-devel-4.10.10-200.fc25.x86_64 (The last command may fail if your system is not fully updated.) yum install kernel-core-devel vboxdrv.sh: failed: Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong. This system is not currently set up to build kernel modules (system extensions). Running the following commands should set the system up correctly:

yum install kernel-core-devel-4.10.10-200.fc25.x86_64 (The last command may fail if your system is not fully updated.) yum install kernel-core-devel

There were problems setting up VirtualBox. To re-start the set-up process, run /sbin/vboxconfig as root.

I tried:

sudo /sbin/vboxconfig

No package kernel-core-devel-4.10.10-200.fc25.x86_64 available.

And:

sudo yum install kernel-core-devel

No package kernel-core-devel available.

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Duplicate question here: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/ques...

florian ( 2017-04-25 13:49:08 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-04-25 13:48:31 -0600

florian
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updated 2017-04-25 13:50:04 -0600

The package you need is kernel-devel. (Since yum has been replaced,) your command is: sudo dnf install kernel-devel

Also, make sure you have dkms installed (before you install VirtualBox)

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Since version 5.1 VirtualBox does not rely on dkms anymore. See also: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Chang... "Linux installers: no longer rely on DKMS for module rebuilding"

Axel Sommerfeldt ( 2017-04-25 15:41:56 -0600 )edit

How did they solve it then?

florian ( 2017-04-25 23:59:05 -0600 )edit

@florian It simply tries to build the vboxdrv kernel module if no module fitting the current kernel was found. (So after a kernel update the vboxdrv kernel module will not be build until VirtualBox is actually used.) See also: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch0...

For this reason the new mechanism fails when using VirtualBox 5.1 under Wayland: When starting a VM VirtualBox tries to get root privileges first, so it could build the kernel module afterwards. But this fails. (Same problem as with GParted.) See also: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug....

Axel Sommerfeldt ( 2017-04-26 05:08:28 -0600 )edit

Gave me the same error.

fsmart ( 2017-04-26 13:40:12 -0600 )edit

kernel-devel must match the running kernel. So update your kernel (or simply everything with "dnf update") and reboot, afterwards "sudo /sbin/vboxconfig" should run fine.

Axel Sommerfeldt ( 2017-04-27 05:10:28 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-04-26 13:40:17 -0600

fsmart
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I ended up just using gnome boxes. Seems to be working.