VirtualBox 3.0.8 won't install on RedHat 5.4

[robertr64]

i used to be able to install and use VirtualBox with either the RedHat 4 build rpm or the .run file. Now, since trying to upgrade to 3.0.8, I get an error from RPM or YUM:

[root@notready ~]# yum install VirtualBox
Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, ibm-additional-metadata, ibm-cds-
              : plugin, ibm-house-cleaning, ibm-repository, ibm-security, ibm-
              : upgrade-oc, security
Setting up Install Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package VirtualBox.i386 0:3.0.8_53138_rhel4-1 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: libpython2.3.so.1.0 for package: VirtualBox
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
VirtualBox-3.0.8_53138_rhel4-1.i386 from virtualbox has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: libpython2.3.so.1.0 is needed by package VirtualBox-3.0.8_53138_rhel4-1.i386 (virtualbox)
Error: Missing Dependency: libpython2.3.so.1.0 is needed by package VirtualBox-3.0.8_53138_rhel4-1.i386 (virtualbox)
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
                        package-cleanup --dupes
                        rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
[root@notready ~]# 

I can't find libphthon2 in our standard RedHat 5 repositories via YUM, but we do have python installed.

When using the .run file instead of the rpm, I get a message that the X86 environment is unsupported.

[Frank Mehnert]

If this is RedHat 5.4, why are you try to install the rhel4 package and not the rhel5 package?

Regarding the error message when you try to install the .run package: In that case you tried to install the wrong package. Use the x86 .run package if your host is 32-bit, use the amd64 .run package if your host is 64 bit.

[robertr64]

I don't see any Redhat 5 package on the web site or on YUM, that's why I had the R4 one. It used to work ok with VrtiualBox 3.0.6. The .run file I'm getting errors on is the 32-bit version.

[Frank Mehnert]

What about this page? Search for RHEL5. And is your host 32-bit or 64-bit?

[robertr64]

That's where I looked; still only showing RedHat 3 and 4. The host is 32-bit Linux and the run file worked previously with 3.0.6.

[Frank Mehnert]

I'm sorry? There is NO package for RedHat 3 but there are only packages for RedHat/CentOS 4 and RedHat/CentOS 5!

And I still doubt that the 32-bit .run installer does not work on your system. Did you really try to install VirtualBox-3.0.8-53138-Linux_x86.run?

[robertr64]

Looks ok now via YUM with RHEL5, was not finding it earlier.