Need to install VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.3.8 in CentOS 6.3
My host system is OSX 10.9.2 and I'm running VirtualBox 4.3.8.
In a Hadoop class I took recently, we were provided with a VM disk image preloaded with CentOS 6.3 and a lot of Hadoop-related software. This is what I have to work with.
As it stands, I don't have bidirectional cut/paste or any of the other goodies that VBOX Guest Additions provide.
I recently posted in this forum a question about upgrading/updating (sorry, I don't understand the distinction, although I understand that there is one) from CentOS 6.3 to 6.5. The only reason that I think I succeeded is that CentOS would no longer boot to the desktop. (It seems possible that it was no longer compatible with the Hadoop software that was on the disk.) So apparently that wasn't the solution to my problem.
I know that it is possible get VBGA working for this disk image: someone else in my class had OSX and VirtualBox, and was able to get past the problem I'm about to describe.
Here's what I've done so far:
- DL’ed and installed VBOX 4.3.8 for OSX from
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- DL’ed http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.8-92456.vbox-extpack
- Doubleclicked the file, the VB Manager said “The extension pack is
already installed with the same version, would you like reinstall
it?” I reinstalled, just for grins. - Booted, ran
yum info kernel, saw that V2.6.32r279.el6 was “installed”, and that V2.6.32r431.5.1.el6 was “available”. I don't know enough about Linux to know if that means CentOS 6.3 and 6.5, or if it's something else entirely. - Also noted that Guest Additions functionality was not there.
- Used VirtualBox VM > Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image… to mount the CD (it appeared on the desktop)
- Ran VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
- Building the main Guest Additions module … FAILED
- /var/log/vboxadd-install.log: “Unable to find sources of current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR= and run make again.”
Off to Google. This post most closely resembled my problem. However, it differs enough (Windows, i686, VBOX 4.3.6) to make me afraid I’ll just wander off into another morass.
Could someone provide baby-step guidance from here?
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My host system is OSX 10.9.2 and I'm running VirtualBox 4.3.8.
In a Hadoop class I took recently, we were provided with a VM disk image preloaded with CentOS 6.3 and a lot of Hadoop-related software. This is what I have to work with.
As it stands, I don't have bidirectional cut/paste or any of the other goodies that VBOX Guest Additions provide.
I recently posted in this forum a question about upgrading/updating (sorry, I don't understand the distinction, although I understand that there is one) from CentOS 6.3 to 6.5. The only reason that I think I succeeded is that CentOS would no longer boot to the desktop. (It seems possible that it was no longer compatible with the Hadoop software that was on the disk.) So apparently that wasn't the solution to my problem.
I know that it is possible get VBGA working for this disk image: someone else in my class had OSX and VirtualBox, and was able to get past the problem I'm about to describe.
Here's what I've done so far:
- DL’ed and installed VBOX 4.3.8 for OSX from
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- DL’ed http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.8-92456.vbox-extpack
- Doubleclicked the file, the VB Manager said “The extension pack is
already installed with the same version, would you like reinstall
it?” I reinstalled, just for grins. - Booted, ran
yum info kernel, saw that V2.6.32r279.el6 was “installed”, and that V2.6.32r431.5.1.el6 was “available”. I don't know enough about Linux to know if that means CentOS 6.3 and 6.5, or if it's something else entirely. - Also noted that Guest Additions functionality was not there.
- Used VirtualBox VM > Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image… to mount the CD (it appeared on the desktop)
- Ran VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
- Building the main Guest Additions module … FAILED
- /var/log/vboxadd-install.log: “Unable to find sources of current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR= and run make again.”
Off to Google. This post most closely resembled my problem. However, it differs enough (Windows, i686, VBOX 4.3.6) to make me afraid I’ll just wander off into another morass.
Could someone provide baby-step guidance from here?
virtualbox centos
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My host system is OSX 10.9.2 and I'm running VirtualBox 4.3.8.
In a Hadoop class I took recently, we were provided with a VM disk image preloaded with CentOS 6.3 and a lot of Hadoop-related software. This is what I have to work with.
As it stands, I don't have bidirectional cut/paste or any of the other goodies that VBOX Guest Additions provide.
I recently posted in this forum a question about upgrading/updating (sorry, I don't understand the distinction, although I understand that there is one) from CentOS 6.3 to 6.5. The only reason that I think I succeeded is that CentOS would no longer boot to the desktop. (It seems possible that it was no longer compatible with the Hadoop software that was on the disk.) So apparently that wasn't the solution to my problem.
I know that it is possible get VBGA working for this disk image: someone else in my class had OSX and VirtualBox, and was able to get past the problem I'm about to describe.
Here's what I've done so far:
- DL’ed and installed VBOX 4.3.8 for OSX from
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- DL’ed http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.8-92456.vbox-extpack
- Doubleclicked the file, the VB Manager said “The extension pack is
already installed with the same version, would you like reinstall
it?” I reinstalled, just for grins. - Booted, ran
yum info kernel, saw that V2.6.32r279.el6 was “installed”, and that V2.6.32r431.5.1.el6 was “available”. I don't know enough about Linux to know if that means CentOS 6.3 and 6.5, or if it's something else entirely. - Also noted that Guest Additions functionality was not there.
- Used VirtualBox VM > Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image… to mount the CD (it appeared on the desktop)
- Ran VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
- Building the main Guest Additions module … FAILED
- /var/log/vboxadd-install.log: “Unable to find sources of current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR= and run make again.”
Off to Google. This post most closely resembled my problem. However, it differs enough (Windows, i686, VBOX 4.3.6) to make me afraid I’ll just wander off into another morass.
Could someone provide baby-step guidance from here?
virtualbox centos
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36
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asked Mar 24 '14 at 0:39
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My host system is OSX 10.9.2 and I'm running VirtualBox 4.3.8.
In a Hadoop class I took recently, we were provided with a VM disk image preloaded with CentOS 6.3 and a lot of Hadoop-related software. This is what I have to work with.
As it stands, I don't have bidirectional cut/paste or any of the other goodies that VBOX Guest Additions provide.
I recently posted in this forum a question about upgrading/updating (sorry, I don't understand the distinction, although I understand that there is one) from CentOS 6.3 to 6.5. The only reason that I think I succeeded is that CentOS would no longer boot to the desktop. (It seems possible that it was no longer compatible with the Hadoop software that was on the disk.) So apparently that wasn't the solution to my problem.
I know that it is possible get VBGA working for this disk image: someone else in my class had OSX and VirtualBox, and was able to get past the problem I'm about to describe.
Here's what I've done so far:
- DL’ed and installed VBOX 4.3.8 for OSX from
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- DL’ed http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.8-92456.vbox-extpack
- Doubleclicked the file, the VB Manager said “The extension pack is
already installed with the same version, would you like reinstall
it?” I reinstalled, just for grins. - Booted, ran
yum info kernel, saw that V2.6.32r279.el6 was “installed”, and that V2.6.32r431.5.1.el6 was “available”. I don't know enough about Linux to know if that means CentOS 6.3 and 6.5, or if it's something else entirely. - Also noted that Guest Additions functionality was not there.
- Used VirtualBox VM > Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image… to mount the CD (it appeared on the desktop)
- Ran VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
- Building the main Guest Additions module … FAILED
- /var/log/vboxadd-install.log: “Unable to find sources of current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR= and run make again.”
Off to Google. This post most closely resembled my problem. However, it differs enough (Windows, i686, VBOX 4.3.6) to make me afraid I’ll just wander off into another morass.
Could someone provide baby-step guidance from here?
virtualbox centos
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Hopefully you have found the solution by now. In case someone else stumbles across this, perhaps this will help:
# yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers perl
There are other dependencies for building the kernel modules, but those should be well documented. My specific problem (due to using the minimal install) was not having perl.
answered Dec 1 '14 at 20:16
threevethreeve
1012
I abandoned this problem long ago, so I can't verify. (But thanks, hopefully it will help someone.)
– Chap
Dec 2 '14 at 0:31
add a comment |
I needed to install the following:
yum install gcc kernel-devel
The gcc is important too.
After that I simply ran
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
And after a reboot the whole functionality was there.
answered Apr 16 '16 at 23:57
ThorianThorian
1779
add a comment |
The same problem I faced with Red Hat Linux. What I just did was, just installed the gcc packages and it's dependencies using
yum install gcc* -y
After that all went correctly and I can able to
installed vbox guest additions. Now all works fine for me. Hope it'll work for you..
edited Sep 3 '16 at 6:08
techraf
4,229102242
answered Sep 3 '16 at 5:50
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1
I don't really see the point in writing this answer as it was mentioned in a few other answers that also noted the need forkernel-headersorkernel-devel.
– Julie Pelletier
Sep 3 '16 at 6:22
While at the time of installing vbox guest additions, I also faced the same problem and that clearly says that there I have to install gcc package. So, I installed gcc packages and it's dependencies first and after that I [can] install vbox guest additions.
– user188008
Sep 3 '16 at 6:32
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Hopefully you have found the solution by now. In case someone else stumbles across this, perhaps this will help:
# yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers perl
There are other dependencies for building the kernel modules, but those should be well documented. My specific problem (due to using the minimal install) was not having perl.
answered Dec 1 '14 at 20:16
threevethreeve
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I abandoned this problem long ago, so I can't verify. (But thanks, hopefully it will help someone.)
– Chap
Dec 2 '14 at 0:31
add a comment |
Hopefully you have found the solution by now. In case someone else stumbles across this, perhaps this will help:
# yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers perl
There are other dependencies for building the kernel modules, but those should be well documented. My specific problem (due to using the minimal install) was not having perl.
answered Dec 1 '14 at 20:16
threevethreeve
1012
I abandoned this problem long ago, so I can't verify. (But thanks, hopefully it will help someone.)
– Chap
Dec 2 '14 at 0:31
add a comment |
Hopefully you have found the solution by now. In case someone else stumbles across this, perhaps this will help:
# yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers perl
There are other dependencies for building the kernel modules, but those should be well documented. My specific problem (due to using the minimal install) was not having perl.
answered Dec 1 '14 at 20:16
threevethreeve
1012
Hopefully you have found the solution by now. In case someone else stumbles across this, perhaps this will help:
# yum install kernel-devel kernel-headers perl
There are other dependencies for building the kernel modules, but those should be well documented. My specific problem (due to using the minimal install) was not having perl.
answered Dec 1 '14 at 20:16
threevethreeve
1012
answered Dec 1 '14 at 20:16
threevethreeve
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answered Dec 1 '14 at 20:16
threevethreeve
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answered Dec 1 '14 at 20:16
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I abandoned this problem long ago, so I can't verify. (But thanks, hopefully it will help someone.)
– Chap
Dec 2 '14 at 0:31
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I abandoned this problem long ago, so I can't verify. (But thanks, hopefully it will help someone.)
– Chap
Dec 2 '14 at 0:31
I abandoned this problem long ago, so I can't verify. (But thanks, hopefully it will help someone.)
– Chap
Dec 2 '14 at 0:31
I abandoned this problem long ago, so I can't verify. (But thanks, hopefully it will help someone.)
– Chap
Dec 2 '14 at 0:31
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I needed to install the following:
yum install gcc kernel-devel
The gcc is important too.
After that I simply ran
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
And after a reboot the whole functionality was there.
answered Apr 16 '16 at 23:57
ThorianThorian
1779
add a comment |
I needed to install the following:
yum install gcc kernel-devel
The gcc is important too.
After that I simply ran
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
And after a reboot the whole functionality was there.
answered Apr 16 '16 at 23:57
ThorianThorian
1779
add a comment |
I needed to install the following:
yum install gcc kernel-devel
The gcc is important too.
After that I simply ran
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
And after a reboot the whole functionality was there.
answered Apr 16 '16 at 23:57
ThorianThorian
1779
I needed to install the following:
yum install gcc kernel-devel
The gcc is important too.
After that I simply ran
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
And after a reboot the whole functionality was there.
answered Apr 16 '16 at 23:57
ThorianThorian
1779
answered Apr 16 '16 at 23:57
ThorianThorian
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answered Apr 16 '16 at 23:57
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The same problem I faced with Red Hat Linux. What I just did was, just installed the gcc packages and it's dependencies using
yum install gcc* -y
After that all went correctly and I can able to
installed vbox guest additions. Now all works fine for me. Hope it'll work for you..
edited Sep 3 '16 at 6:08
techraf
4,229102242
answered Sep 3 '16 at 5:50
user188008user188008
1
I don't really see the point in writing this answer as it was mentioned in a few other answers that also noted the need forkernel-headersorkernel-devel.
– Julie Pelletier
Sep 3 '16 at 6:22
While at the time of installing vbox guest additions, I also faced the same problem and that clearly says that there I have to install gcc package. So, I installed gcc packages and it's dependencies first and after that I [can] install vbox guest additions.
– user188008
Sep 3 '16 at 6:32
add a comment |
The same problem I faced with Red Hat Linux. What I just did was, just installed the gcc packages and it's dependencies using
yum install gcc* -y
After that all went correctly and I can able to
installed vbox guest additions. Now all works fine for me. Hope it'll work for you..
edited Sep 3 '16 at 6:08
techraf
4,229102242
answered Sep 3 '16 at 5:50
user188008user188008
1
I don't really see the point in writing this answer as it was mentioned in a few other answers that also noted the need forkernel-headersorkernel-devel.
– Julie Pelletier
Sep 3 '16 at 6:22
While at the time of installing vbox guest additions, I also faced the same problem and that clearly says that there I have to install gcc package. So, I installed gcc packages and it's dependencies first and after that I [can] install vbox guest additions.
– user188008
Sep 3 '16 at 6:32
add a comment |
The same problem I faced with Red Hat Linux. What I just did was, just installed the gcc packages and it's dependencies using
yum install gcc* -y
After that all went correctly and I can able to
installed vbox guest additions. Now all works fine for me. Hope it'll work for you..
edited Sep 3 '16 at 6:08
techraf
4,229102242
answered Sep 3 '16 at 5:50
user188008user188008
1
The same problem I faced with Red Hat Linux. What I just did was, just installed the gcc packages and it's dependencies using
yum install gcc* -y
After that all went correctly and I can able to
installed vbox guest additions. Now all works fine for me. Hope it'll work for you..
edited Sep 3 '16 at 6:08
techraf
4,229102242
answered Sep 3 '16 at 5:50
user188008user188008
1
edited Sep 3 '16 at 6:08
techraf
4,229102242
edited Sep 3 '16 at 6:08
techraf
4,229102242
edited Sep 3 '16 at 6:08
techraf
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4,229102242
answered Sep 3 '16 at 5:50
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answered Sep 3 '16 at 5:50
user188008user188008
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answered Sep 3 '16 at 5:50
user188008user188008
1
1
I don't really see the point in writing this answer as it was mentioned in a few other answers that also noted the need forkernel-headersorkernel-devel.
– Julie Pelletier
Sep 3 '16 at 6:22
While at the time of installing vbox guest additions, I also faced the same problem and that clearly says that there I have to install gcc package. So, I installed gcc packages and it's dependencies first and after that I [can] install vbox guest additions.
– user188008
Sep 3 '16 at 6:32
add a comment |
I don't really see the point in writing this answer as it was mentioned in a few other answers that also noted the need forkernel-headersorkernel-devel.
– Julie Pelletier
Sep 3 '16 at 6:22
While at the time of installing vbox guest additions, I also faced the same problem and that clearly says that there I have to install gcc package. So, I installed gcc packages and it's dependencies first and after that I [can] install vbox guest additions.
– user188008
Sep 3 '16 at 6:32
I don't really see the point in writing this answer as it was mentioned in a few other answers that also noted the need for
kernel-headers or kernel-devel.– Julie Pelletier
Sep 3 '16 at 6:22
I don't really see the point in writing this answer as it was mentioned in a few other answers that also noted the need for
kernel-headers or kernel-devel.– Julie Pelletier
Sep 3 '16 at 6:22
While at the time of installing vbox guest additions, I also faced the same problem and that clearly says that there I have to install gcc package. So, I installed gcc packages and it's dependencies first and after that I [can] install vbox guest additions.
– user188008
Sep 3 '16 at 6:32
While at the time of installing vbox guest additions, I also faced the same problem and that clearly says that there I have to install gcc package. So, I installed gcc packages and it's dependencies first and after that I [can] install vbox guest additions.
– user188008
Sep 3 '16 at 6:32
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