RHEL: This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules

virtualbox redhat rhel7
codec picture codec · Mar 19, 2018 · Viewed 47.6k times · Source

I am trying to install virtualbox5.2 on a RHEL 7 VM When I try to rebuild kernels modules I get the following error:

[root@myserver~]# /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
vboxdrv.sh: Stopping VirtualBox services.
vboxdrv.sh: Building VirtualBox kernel modules.
This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules.
Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel
for adding new hardware support to the system.
The distribution packages containing the headers are probably:
    kernel-devel kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64

I tried install kernet-devel and got success message

Installed:
  kernel-devel.x86_64 0:3.10.0-693.21.1.el7                                     

Complete!

But still the setup fails.

Any idea what is missing here?

Answer

pyansharp picture pyansharp · Jul 29, 2018

sudo yum install -y "kernel-devel-$(uname -r)"

Substitute dnf on Fedora. I didn't need to do a reboot, but ymmv.

Edit for 2020:

Centos/RHEL 8 now also use dnf instead of yum. I haven't had occasion to test this on those distros, so the same YMMV disclaimer still applies.

Related questions

Shortcut to exit scale mode in VirtualBox

What is the shortcut to exit scale mode in Oracle VirtualBox, Windows 7 host?

Read More
VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for both all CPU modes (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED)

Downloaded Xamarin Android Player and with >>next>> progress installed Virtual Box. When I tried to start an emulator I got Failed to initialized device (name Of the emulator) VboxManager Commendt Failed and the detail of the …

Read More
How to SSH to a VirtualBox guest externally through a host?

I have a Ubuntu VM running on my Windows 7 machine. How do I set it up so that I can access the webserver externally through SSH? I found steps (Setup SSH access between VirtualBox Host and Guest VMs) to be …

Read More