[Nikolasr]

Hello finally i install virtualbox on centos,and i got this in log.

** Compiling vboxdrv
Makefile:152: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.  Stop.

Tell me what to do,i need this urgently.


Thank you.

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Did You Download and Install the Kernel Source code from the repository?

Edited by silverbeard, 11 February 2010 - 12:29 PM.

[silverbeard]

Did You Download and Install the Kernel Source code from the repository?

Edited by silverbeard, 11 February 2010 - 12:29 PM.

[Nikolasr]

how to do that

[silverbeard]

What Distro? What Package manager?
Open the Package Manager and use the search feature for Linux-Kernel source.

[Nikolasr]

Im using CenOS

[silverbeard]

Haven't use a RedHat/fedora Based distro in years. But the package manager for Gnome is usually Synaptic. But Fedora uses Yum. I would think that there is something to install software in the system menu. That should launch the package manager.

Looking at a screenshot it looks like the package manager is in applications look

Edited by silverbeard, 11 February 2010 - 01:02 PM.

[Nikolasr]

I must use package manager?

[hawklord]

best bet is download virtualbox from here

http://www.virtualbo...Linux_Downloads

use the download for this version > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ("RHEL5") / CentOS 5
if you have an intel or similar cpu then choose i386 (32 bit), if you have amd then choose amd64 (64 bit)

the one that is supplied in the repositories is the open source version and i have found it lacking, so i use the free sun version,

you may have to uninstall the one you already have

[silverbeard]

Download the source .rpm here. Clicking on it should launch the package manager installer.

Or from command line as root

yum install kernel-2.6.18-164.el5.src

Or READ THIS

Edited by silverbeard, 12 February 2010 - 08:15 AM.