Then you should run command yum install “kernel-devel-uname-r = $(uname -r)” to install your CentOS linux kernel.

If there are no kernels listed or the listed kernel version do not match your CentOS linux kernel version.

Run command ls /usr/src/kernels/ to list all the installed kernels.

Open a terminal and run command uname -r to list current linux kernel version.

Fix VirtualBox Guest Additions: Kernel Headers Not Found For Target Kernel Error Steps. The log file /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log may contain further information.Ģ. VirtualBox Guest Additions: Kernel headers not found for target kernelģ.10.86_64.

Then it will open a terminal and run the command like the below picture, but you may encounter an error message like the below message also.

Then it will popup a dialog in the guest CentOS window like below, click Run button.

Click Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD image… menu item.

Reproduce VirtualBox Guest Additions: Kernel Headers Not Found For Target Kernel Error Steps. In the same way, select Drag & Drop and choose the Bidirectional option.1. Step 6: Enable Share Clip and Drag & Drop featuresĬlick on the Devices given in the Oracle VirtualBox menu and then click Share Clipboard and select “ Bidirectional“. Now, in your terminal mount the CDROM that contains the script to install Virtual Guest Additions on AlmaLinux sudo mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom Go to the Virtualbox menu > Device and then select the “Install Guest Additions CD Image…” option. Step 4: Insert Install Guest Additions CD Image

Thus, it is better to run the Kernel update command before restarting the system sudo dnf update kernel-*

Give your permission to install by typing Y and hit the Enter Key.Īlthough, the system will perform the update of the kernel automatically to make the changes, however, sometimes it may not. sudo dnf install gcc make perl kernel-devel kernel-headers bzip2 dkms The next thing is with the help of the EPEL repository we will install several tools kernel and DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) to build and install the Kernel module required to install the Guest Addition feature VirtualBox on AlmaLinux 8 distro.

Open Command terminal and first-run system update command that is: sudo dnf updateĪfter that add the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, in short, known as EPEL using a simple command: sudo dnf install epel-release Second Method VirtualBox Guest Additions installation on AlmaLinux 8 Step 1: Add Epel Repository

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