VBox 7.1.14 guest addition wont install on OL 8 uek 5.15 on macOS

[JiF_Brodeur]

Hi, I upgraded my macOS VBox this morning from 7.1.12 to 7.1.14 and the guest additions won't install on my OL8 guest, error with kernel configuration. I have the latest headers and headers devel that matches my kernel version. The guest additions for the previous versions were working great.
Thanks
Jean-François

[Byroniac]

I think the key word here is "uek" which in the context of Oracle Linux stands for Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. I tried recently with OL 9.5, but I believe that virtualbox guest additions cannot be installed on the UEK kernels. I think OL 8 might have the RHCK (RedHat Compatible Kernels) available, which is what I used. I did not keep my OL 9.5 VM, however. You will have to do a web search on how to swap out the kernel, and then make sure you have the kernel headers (kernel-devel?) installed for the kernel. Hope that helps.

[Byroniac]

I think this procedure may help you:
https://docs.oracle.com/en/learn/oracle ... objectives