Opened 13 years ago
Closed 13 years ago
#10188 closed defect (invalid)
CentOS 5.7 VBox Guest Additions Failed
| Reported by: | BTC3 | Owned by: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component: | installer | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.8 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
This is just a note on installing Guest Additions under CentOS 5.7. As originally installed, there is a soft link to a non existent path for build:
/lib/modules/2.6.18-274.el5/build
in CentOS 5.7 running under VirtualBox. This creates a problem when you try to run the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run script, because the Make fails when the kernel directory is setup in:
/usr/src/vboxguest-4.1.8/vboxguest/Makefile.include.header
as:
KERN_DIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
The soft link should actually be setup as:
/lib/modules/2.6.18-274.el5/build ->
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-274.17.1.el5-i686
After the link is fixed, VBoxLinuxAdditions.run runs without any problems.
Regards,
- Garrett
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Actually this is a bug in your CentOS setup and not a bug in the VBox installer script, sorry. The 'build' link must be there and it must be correct. Install the correct kernel-devel package and the link will be there.