I installed CentOS however during package selection, I deselected every option because I don't need or want the bloated dependencies however now when I try and install a 3rd party RPM from Oracle (VirtualBox), it fails:
Code:
[root@vbox ~]# cat /var/log/vbox-install.log
** Compiling vboxdrv
Makefile:159: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again. Stop.
I did make sure I have the 'kernel-headers' package installed as show below but I don't know if that is the exact package VirtualBox is complaining about.
Code:
[root@vbox ~]# rpm -qa kernel-headers
kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.11.1.el5
Anyone know how I can resolve this issue and correctly install VirtualBox on CentOS 5.5 64-bit?
Below is the exact error I got when installing the VirtualBox RPM:
Code:
Creating group 'vboxusers'. VM users must be member of that group!
No precompiled module for this kernel found -- trying to build one. Messages
emitted during module compilation will be logged to /var/log/vbox-install.log.
Compilation of the kernel module FAILED! VirtualBox will not start until this
problem is fixed. Please consult /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out why the
kernel module does not compile. Most probably the kernel sources are not found.
Install them and execute as root.
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
*****I installed kernel-devel package and that fixed it.*****
