VirtualBox 6.1.28 / 6.1.29 on Fedora 35/34/33, CentOS/RHEL 8/7 - Comment Page: 18
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I typed
dnf install VirtualBox-5.0
And i got
Last metadata expiration check performed 1:03:52 ago
.
No package VirtualBox-5.0 available
Please help me
Did the commands:
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
## Fedora 23/22/21/20/19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12 users
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
## CentOS 7.1/6.7/5.11 and Red Hat (RHEL) 7.1/6.7/5.11 users
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo
and
yum update
run corectly?
Did you run these commands as root?
Hi Angel,
Could you post output of following command:
Make sure to remove any past virtual box repos. That is what fixed this issue for me.
Hi,
when entered the step:
“dnf install binutils gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-PAE-devel dkms” as a root on fedora 23, I got:
“Last metadata expiration check performed 0:32:15 ago on Fri Jan 8 13:00:54 2016.
Package binutils-2.25-15.fc23.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package gcc-5.3.1-2.fc23.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package make-1:4.0-5.1.fc23.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package patch-2.7.5-2.fc23.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package libgomp-5.3.1-2.fc23.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package glibc-headers-2.22-7.fc23.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package glibc-devel-2.22-7.fc23.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
Package kernel-headers-4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64 is already installed, skipping.
No package kernel-PAE-devel available.
Package dkms-2.2.0.3-31.git.7c3e7c5.fc23.noarch is already installed, skipping.
Error: Unable to find a match.”
Any ideas how to go around this?
Best Regards
Maciej
Hi Maciej,
You are using wrong command. No PAE kernel on 64-bit system. Right command is first one:
Thank you JR, everything worked great this time!
trying to install on fedora 23 got:
[email protected] fman]# /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
bash: /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh: No such file or directory
found nothing searching on google.
any hint?
Hi Francisco,
Could you post output of following commands:
[[email protected] ~]$ rpm -qa VirtualBox\*
VirtualBox-5.0.12-1.fc23.x86_64
VirtualBox-kmodsrc-5.0.12-1.fc23.x86_64
[[email protected] ~]$
The issue is that are some missing files and I can not understand why:
[[email protected] ~]$ ls /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh -la
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh: No such file or directory
Best regards
Problems is that you are not using Oracle’s VirtualBox package. You have installed your packages (VirtualBox and VirtualBox-kmodsrc) some other source than virtualbox.org own repo.
Could you also post output of following command:
Here the output
[[email protected] fman]# dnf list installed |grep VirtualBox
VirtualBox.x86_64 5.0.12-1.fc23 @rpmfusion-free-updates-testing
VirtualBox-kmodsrc.x86_64 5.0.12-1.fc23 @rpmfusion-free-updates-testing
akmod-VirtualBox.x86_64 5.0.12-1.fc23 @rpmfusion-free-updates-testing
kmod-VirtualBox-4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64.x86_64
I though I’ve followed the instructions indicated in this article, but maybe I’ve skip an step.
thanks for your help
You are probably running dnf install VirtualBox-5.0.12 like I did first time around. Even though in brackets it suggests .12 is the latest, you still need to enter it just as VirtualBox-5.0
If you look at the y/N prompt before installing, you will see that the package is 5.0.12
It’s only the command that is 5.0, other wise it will pull from the rpm repo.
Hope this helps
Hi JR
thanks for your post. I have been using it, and it has worked as a charm. But now using it for my new machine (new centos kernel) I got an error.:
My machine.:
uname -r
3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64
Virtual box version.:
Tried first with:
* VirtualBox-5.0-5.0.12_104815_el7-1.x86_64.rpm
and after with:
*VirtualBox-5.0-5.0.13_104971_el7-1.x86_64.rpm
I got the same error.:
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (3.10.0-327.4.4.el7.x86_64) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Naturally I did sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup … But then I got.:
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS[ OK ]
Starting VirtualBox kernel modules [FAILED]
When start the Virtual box impossible to start any machine …:
Any guess ?
all the best, and thanks again for the post …
Just as a complement … I am using CentOS 7.2
Hi Miup,
Just tested this again on CentOS 7.2 and I got it working. I use following command:
I got following errors on dkms uninstall part using latest kernel:
But it builds normally without errors and works normally:
Hi JR.
……….
Thanks for your replay. It turned out that the “problem” was with the BIOS. I needed to disable the UEFI boot and went to legacy. Not really sure why this fixed the problem. But it worked.
As a complement, I needed to enable virtualization in the BIOS (intel virtualization) in order to get 64 bits distros for linux and windows at the virtual box. But this is quit well documented everywhere on internet.
again, really thanks for the replay … I appreciated that.
Hi JR, you saved my day!! Thank you so much !! I was hitting hard to make virtualbox work in Fedora 23 [4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64] and [4.3.3-300.fc23.x86_64] but i couldn’t.
I’m detailing out the issues i encountered, for the benefit of other users.
I initially installed virtualbox by ‘dnf install VirtualBox’.
After installation, i tried to launch virtualbox from shell and i got this error:
[[email protected] ~]$ virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (4.2.8-300.fc23.x86_64) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Qt WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
———-
But virtualbox launched. On starting a vm, i got this error msg : VirtualBox Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)…
As i’m not a expert linux user, I tried various options from different forums but i couldn’t get it work.
Finally I followed your steps exactly, plus one additional step – I HAD TO RESTART AFTER THE FINAL STEP as i was getting an error msg (Qt WARNING: Qt: Session management error… ) on launching virtualbox.
After the restart, it worked like a charm…. Again thank you so much!!!
Thanks your tutorial is very usefull for me on fedora 23.
When im trying to open my VirtualSystem on VirtualBox wich is Kali Linux it gives me “Kernel Drive not installed (rc=-1908) and i have disabled secure boot
cat /var/log/vbox-install.log
Uninstalling modules from DKMS
Attempting to install using DKMS
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
Makefile:185: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR= and run Make again. Pare.
sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMSError! Could not find module source directory.
Directory: /usr/src/vboxhost-5.0.14 does not exist.
[FALHOU]
(Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules [FALHOU]
(Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)
➜ ~ cat /var/log/vbox-install.log
Uninstalling modules from DKMS
Attempting to install using DKMS
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
Makefile:185: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR= and run Make again. Pare.
Hi Aristoteles,
Could you post also output of following commands:
➜ ~ ls -la /usr/src/kernels
total 12
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jan 30 23:08 .
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 Jan 31 16:27 ..
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Jan 30 23:08 4.3.3-303.fc23.x86_64
➜ ~ ls -la /usr/src
total 16
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 Jan 31 16:27 .
drwxr-xr-x. 14 root root 4096 Dez 22 23:53 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Set 10 05:23 debug
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Jan 30 23:08 kernels
Man You are great. I had 2 issues, I searched whole internet and both solutions I found here. :)
How can I install VirtualBox extention pack in fedora 23 ?
when I run the command dnf install VirtualBox-5.0,
I am getting this error message below. Any suggestions what can I do to resolve?
# dnf install VirtualBox-5.0
Warning: failed loading ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo’, skipping.
Last metadata expiration check performed 0:02:31 ago on Sat Feb 20 12:04:18 2016.
No package VirtualBox-5.0 available.
Error: Unable to find a match.
when I do dnf update command I get the error message below
# dnf update
Warning: failed loading ‘/etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo’, skipping.
Last metadata expiration check performed 0:04:27 ago on Sat Feb 20 12:04:18 2016.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Skipping packages with broken dependencies:
galera x86_64 25.3.12-1.rhel7.el7.centos mariadb 7.7 M
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Skip 1 Package
Nothing to do.
Complete!
Hi guru,
Could you post output of following commands:
# uname -a
linux 4.3.5-300.fc23.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Feb 1 03:18:41 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
#
]# ls -la /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 259 Feb 20 12:02 /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
#Fedora 23/22/21/20/19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12 users
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
# CentOS 7.2/6.7/5.11 and Red Hat (RHEL) 7.2/6.7/5.11 users
#wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo
I also forgot to mention that I have older version of virtual box installed on my server. I don’t know how to remove it. Sorry, It is my fault for not letting you know. my apologies.
Hi guru,
You have wrong content on your /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo file. You should download file using wget, not copy that command to file, so run following commands (as root on terminal):
Then repo file content should look same as this http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo
Then install works, but maybe it’s better remove older version first. Could you post output of following command:
rpm -qa |grep -i virtual
VirtualBox-4.3-4.3.36_105129_fedora22-1.x86_64
To remove old VirtualBox installation run:
getting this error when i install VirtualBox-5.0-5.0.14_105127_fedora22-1.x86_64 in fedora 23.
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine bosh-lite_default_1457003736418_77705.
VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for all CPU modes (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED).
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}
Please help on this
Hi lm,
Go to BIOS/UEFI and enable VT-x.
Thank you, very helpful!
i can fix the kernel issue please help been trying for a month.everything seems update yet still vboxdr aint loading..tried all help online nothing so gonna now…..
fedora 23….86…4.4.3 and 5.0.14
Hi nik,
Could you check your /var/log/vbox-install.log do you see any errors?
He JR thank you for answering !
there is nothing in /var/log/ (no)vbox-install.log
and if i start virtualbox from terminal get the same vboxdrv not loaded if i start it from applications it loads fine but then i get rcv=-1908 kernel nonsence
also
[[email protected] log]$ dnf repolist
Fedora 23 – x86_64 5.9 MB/s | 43 MB 00:07
Importing GPG key 0x98AB5139:
Userid : “Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) ”
Fingerprint: 7B0F AB3A 13B9 0743 5925 D9C9 5442 2A4B 98AB 5139
From : https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Fedora 23 – x86_64 – VirtualBox 747 kB/s | 61 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 – Free – Test Updates 1.4 MB/s | 328 kB 00:00
Fedora 23 – x86_64 – Updates 4.6 MB/s | 20 MB 00:04
Adobe Systems Incorporated 8.3 kB/s | 1.8 kB 00:00
RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 – Free 2.5 MB/s | 738 kB 00:00
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:00 ago on Tue Mar 15 01:33:44 2016.
repo id repo name status
adobe-linux-x86_64 Adobe Systems Incorporated 2
*fedora Fedora 23 – x86_64 46,074
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 – Free 692
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 – Free – Test Upd 261
*updates Fedora 23 – x86_64 – Updates 17,125
virtualbox Fedora 23 – x86_64 – VirtualBox 14
[[email protected] log]$ virtualbox
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module
available for the current kernel (4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64) or it failed to
load. Please recompile the kernel module and install it by
sudo /sbin/rcvboxdrv setup
You will not be able to start VMs until this problem is fixed.
Qt WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
^C
[[email protected] log]$ uname -r
4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64
[[email protected] log]$ rpm -qa VirtualBox\*
VirtualBox-5.0.14-1.fc23.x86_64
[[email protected] log]$ ls /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh -la
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh: No such file or directory
[[email protected] log]$ dnf list installed |grep VirtualBox
VirtualBox.x86_64 5.0.14-1.fc23 @rpmfusion-free-updates-testing
kmod-VirtualBox-4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64.x86_64
[[email protected] log]$ ls -la /usr/src/kernels
total 12
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Mar 15 00:06 .
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 Mar 15 00:43 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 23 root root 4096 Mar 15 00:06 4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64
[[email protected] log]$ ls -la /usr/src
total 20
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 Mar 15 00:43 .
drwxr-xr-x. 12 root root 4096 Oct 29 17:21 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 12:25 akmods
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 10 2015 debug
drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Mar 15 00:06 kernels
[[email protected] log]$ uname -a
Linux new-host-4.home 4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 4 17:42:42 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[[email protected] log]$ ls -la /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 241 Sep 30 10:43 /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
[[email protected] log]$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
[virtualbox]
name=Fedora $releasever – $basearch – VirtualBox
baseurl=http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/$releasever/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc
Hi nik,
Looks like that you have some other version of VirtualBox installed, could you post output of following command:
hey JR its working all the sudden i guess after trying every suggestting you posted for others it worked
….. But i think the problem is if you update fedora u get 4.4.4 kernel? while virtual box is up to 4.2.what ever
after i switched kernels in boot it worked but i tried that before i dunno..
thanks alot… not that i need virtual box i just couldnt move on in learning linux untill i got this right…. took a month untill someone gave me this site…
anyway thanks for the help jr
Hi nik,
Kernel version is not problem. I run VirtualBox normally with 4.4.4 kernel. Problem is that you have wrong version of VirtualBox installed.
Check difference, your output:
Same output when you use right package:
And problem is not between 5.0.14 and 5.0.16 versions, both works with kernel 4.4.4. Problem is that you have VirtualBox package installed and this guide uses VirtualBox-5.0 package.
Again if you check output of following command:
It should be:
Most important part is last (repo) @virtualbox, if you have here something else than @virtualbox, then you have installed it using some other repo than virtualbox own repo.
If you run following command:
You get right package.
well it started working so i think everything is fine it doesnt lunch from root tho dunno if thats by default but here is the terminal info does it look correct
[[email protected] Downloads]# rpm-qaVirtualBox\*
VirtualBox-5.0.14-1.fc23.x86_64
[[email protected] Downloads]# dnf list installed |grep -i VirtualBox
VirtualBox.x86_64 5.0.14-1.fc23 @rpmfusion-free-updates-testing
kmod-VirtualBox-4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64.x86_64
[[email protected] Downloads]# dnf repolist
Last metadata expiration check: 1:30:57 ago on Thu Mar 17 02:41:59 2016.
repo id repo name status
adobe-linux-x86_64 Adobe Systems Incorporated 2
*fedora Fedora 23 – x86_64 46,074
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 – Free 692
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing RPM Fusion for Fedora 23 – Free – Test Updates 261
*updates Fedora 23 – x86_64 – Updates 17,205
virtualbox
hey jr still have the same problem everythng works fine when i load kernel 4.2.4.300 but then i load from oot 4.4.4.300 i get the rc=1900c..i live but i love solving these problems u said it should work on both
Hi nik,
Yes, it will work when you remove RPMFusion VirtualBox package(s) and install Oracle’s own VirtualBox-5.0 package.