1. Change to root User
2. Install Fedora or RHEL Repo Files
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
## Fedora 18/17/16/15/14/13/12 users
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
## CentOS 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 users
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo
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3. Update latest packages and check your kernel version
Update packages
Check that that you are running latest installed kernel version
Output of following commands version numbers should match:
rpm -qa kernel |sort |tail -n 1
uname -r
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Note: If you got kernel update or run older kernel than newest installed then reboot:
4. Install following dependency packages
CentOS 6/5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6/5 needs EPEL repository, install it with following command:
## CentOS 6 and RHEL 6 ##
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
## CentOS 5 and RHEL 5 ##
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm
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yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms
## PAE kernel users install ##
yum install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-PAE-devel dkms
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5. Install VirtualBox Latest Version 4.2 (currently 4.2.6)
yum install VirtualBox-4.2
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Note:
This command create automatically vboxusers group and VirtualBox user must be member of that group.
This command also build needed kernel modules.
Rebuild kernel modules with following command:
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
## OR ##
service vboxdrv setup
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6. Add VirtualBox User(s) to vboxusers Group
Replace user_name with your own user name or some another real user name.
usermod -a -G vboxusers user_name
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7. Start VirtualBox
Use launcher from menu or simply run:
Troubleshooting
If you have problems with KERN_DIR parameter or your kernel directory is not automatically detected then set KERN_DIR environment variable manually, using following method:
## Current running kernel on Fedora ##
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
## Current running kernel on CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL) ##
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`-`uname -m`
## Fedora example ##
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686
## CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL) example ##
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-194.11.1.el5-x86_64
## Export KERN_DIR ##
export KERN_DIR
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Check also:
Install
VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL)