Problem: installing guestaddition in FEDORA 9

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kailashamrit
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Problem: installing guestaddition in FEDORA 9

Post by kailashamrit »

hello,
i had the following difficulties installing the guestaddtion in FEDORA 9.
can anybody help me out here as i don't understand what to do next?
regards,
kailash

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[root@localhost VBOXADDITIONS_1.6.0_30421]# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 1.6.0 Guest Additions for Linux installation.............................................................................................................................................................................
VirtualBox 1.6.0 Guest Additions installation
Please install GNU make.
Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel.
The current kernel version is 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686
Please install the GNU compiler.
Problems were found which would prevent the Guest Additions from installing.
Please correct these problems and try again.
tpol
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Post by tpol »

I doesnt know exactly which modules missed, but U need the compiler-tools and kernel-sources.

Try to install the following and do it again with the Additions:

binutils
gcc
make
kernel-headers
kernel-devel

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yum -y install binutils gcc make kernel-headers kernel-devel
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