I’m been trying to install VirtualBox for a very long time now and I just can’t find the correct tutorial but finally after long days of searching I finally found the tutorial that really works and I tested it myself, so i’m going to share this steps and also include the original source for this so all credits goes to the author, what i’m just trying to do is spread it more so that everyone that felt the same way as I do will be happy LOL
Anyway here is the steps this is only for fedora just go to the original site for the installation on CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6
1. Go to terminal change user to root, type this command
su
then it will ask for your root password
2. Install Fedora Repo (Repositories) Files, type this command in the terminal
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo3. Update the latest package, type this command
yum update4. Install the following dependency packages, type this commandyum install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers## PAE kernel users install ## yum install gcc kernel-PAE-devel kernel-headers5. Install VirtualBox Latest Versionyum install VirtualBox-4.06. Add VirtualBox User to vboxusers Groupusermod -a -G vboxusers user_name7.Start VirtualBox, type this command
VirtualBoxThats it simple right here is the original source click here