| Summary: | VirtualBox-guest-additions for EL 9 | ||
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| Product: | Fedora | Reporter: | Thomas Stephen Lee <lee.jnk> |
| Component: | VirtualBox-kmod | Assignee: | Sérgio Basto <sergio> |
| Status: | RESOLVED WONTFIX | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | leigh123linux |
| Priority: | P1 | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | GNU/Linux | ||
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Description
Thomas Stephen Lee
2022-08-25 11:11:09 CEST
You will need to request it at fedora bugzilla as it's a fedora package. https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/VirtualBox#Install_virtual-guest-additions_on_Centos_9_.28stream.29 dnf install centos-release-kmods dnf install virtualbox-guest-additions systemctl enable vboxservice (In reply to leigh scott from comment #1) > You will need to request it at fedora bugzilla as it's a fedora package. From repo is rpmfusion-free-updates not Fedora On EL8 machine dnf info VirtualBox-guest-additions Installed Packages Name : VirtualBox-guest-additions Version : 6.1.36 Release : 1.el8 Architecture : x86_64 Size : 8.5 M Source : VirtualBox-6.1.36-1.el8.src.rpm Repository : @System From repo : rpmfusion-free-updates Summary : VirtualBox Guest Additions URL : http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox License : GPLv2 or (GPLv2 and CDDL) Description : This subpackage is like the VirtualBox Guest Additions but just for Fedora, : therefore it should be installed only in a Fedora guest system. : This subpackage provides tools that use kernel modules for supporting : integration with the Host, including file sharing, clipboard sharing, : X.org X11 video and mouse driver, USB and webcam proxy and Seamless mode. http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/updates/8/x86_64/v/VirtualBox-guest-additions-6.1.36-1.el8.x86_64.rpm thanks (In reply to Sérgio Basto from comment #2) > https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/VirtualBox#Install_virtual-guest- > additions_on_Centos_9_.28stream.29 > > dnf install centos-release-kmods > dnf install virtualbox-guest-additions > systemctl enable vboxservice no such package on RHEL 9 and Alma Linux 9 dnf install centos-release-kmods , after install centos-release-kmods after `dnf repolist` will show repo centos-kmods, the virtualbox-guest-additions updated is there (In reply to Sérgio Basto from comment #5) > dnf install centos-release-kmods , after install centos-release-kmods after > `dnf repolist` will show repo centos-kmods, the virtualbox-guest-additions > updated is there Please remove the VirtualBox-guest-additions sub-package, we have a non-replacement policy. (In reply to Thomas Stephen Lee from comment #4) > (In reply to Sérgio Basto from comment #2) > > https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/VirtualBox#Install_virtual-guest- > > additions_on_Centos_9_.28stream.29 > > > > dnf install centos-release-kmods > > dnf install virtualbox-guest-additions > > systemctl enable vboxservice > > no such package on RHEL 9 and Alma Linux 9 http://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/9-stream/kmods/x86_64/packages-main/Packages/v/ and http://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/9-stream/kmods/x86_64/packages-main/Packages/k/ (kmod-vbox-guest-additions-5.14.0~148-1.el9s.x86_64.rpm) (In reply to leigh scott from comment #6) > (In reply to Sérgio Basto from comment #5) > > dnf install centos-release-kmods , after install centos-release-kmods after > > `dnf repolist` will show repo centos-kmods, the virtualbox-guest-additions > > updated is there > > Please remove the VirtualBox-guest-additions sub-package, we have a > non-replacement policy. VirtualBox-guest-additions sub-package is just available for el7 e el8 (In reply to Sérgio Basto from comment #8) > and > http://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/9-stream/kmods/x86_64/packages-main/ > Packages/k/ > (kmod-vbox-guest-additions-5.14.0~148-1.el9s.x86_64.rpm) OK, If it is in CentOS Stream 9, it should be part of a future EL 9 release. I guess I will have to wait for now. (In reply to Thomas Stephen Lee from comment #10) > (In reply to Sérgio Basto from comment #8) > > and > > http://mirror.stream.centos.org/SIGs/9-stream/kmods/x86_64/packages-main/ > > Packages/k/ > > (kmod-vbox-guest-additions-5.14.0~148-1.el9s.x86_64.rpm) > > OK, > > If it is in CentOS Stream 9, it should be part of a future EL 9 release. > I guess I will have to wait for now. I think you are confused or mistaken because you can install this external in any Centos 9 based see I had to build kbuild package on epel 9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2043939 , may you are just missing enable the epel packages ... https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2022-September/715699.html How to use kmods in EL 9. Just in case somebody comes here. (In reply to Thomas Stephen Lee from comment #12) > https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2022-September/715699.html > > How to use kmods in EL 9. > > Just in case somebody comes here. Thanks ,I added the info on wiki (https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/VirtualBox#Install_virtual-guest-additions_on_Centos_9_.28stream.29 ) Thanks, Sérgio The steps that I did are $ wget https://www.centos.org/keys/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-Kmods -O /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-SIG-Kmods $ wget https://gitlab.com/CentOS/kmods/rpms/centos-release-kmods/-/raw/c9/centos-kmods.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/centos-kmods.repo $ dnf install kmod-vbox-guest-additions As per Peter Georg in the mail thread, these steps will not be needed in the future. |