Installing Virtualbox in centos 5.6

[wachira]

I am getting an error when I try to run my virtualbox. When i look at the logs i get this out put
Uninstalling modules from DKMS
removing old DKMS module vboxhost version 4.0.6

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Deleting module version: 4.0.6
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Attempting to install using DKMS

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxhost/4.0.6/source ->
/usr/src/vboxhost-4.0.6

DKMS: add Completed.
You can use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located.
Failed to install using DKMS, attempting to install without
Makefile:178: *** Error: KERN_DIR does not point to a directory. Stop.

How do i recompile this Kernel or point DKMS the right place

[falko]

Do you have the right kernel-devel package installed?

[wachira]

I yum install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers
this is the list of kernels
Installed Packages
gcc.i386 4.1.2-50.el5 installed
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 installed
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 installed
kernel-devel.i686 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 installed
kernel-headers.i386 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 installed

So do u see any reason why Virtualbox would behave like this

[falko]

No, unfortunately not.

[rrvviinn81]

try adding your name to vboxusers

[Jawshh]

wachira,

Why are you compiling an old version? Latest is 4.0.10 and RPMs are available for Red Hat systems.

Use the RPMs provided by Oracle. Here are the links:

For x86:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...el5-1.i386.rpm

For x64
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtu...5-1.x86_64.rpm

It should install perfectly.