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Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions 2.1.4 on Fedora 10

This can be a bit of a pain. The first time I attempted to run the installer I got the following message:

Please install the build and header files for your current Linux kernel...

Here are the steps required to get VirtualBox Guest Additions installed on Fedora 10. They begin with a freshly installed version of Fedora.

1. Run a system update. Make sure you have the lastest version of Fedora.
2. Reboot (this is an extremely important step!!)
3. Open a Terminal window and type:

   • su -

   • type the root password

   • yum install -y kernel-headers kernel-devel

   • leave this terminal open and return to your host OS
4. Now mount the VirtualBox Guest Additions CDROM
5. Go back to the Terminal in your guest OS and type:

   • cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_2.1.4_42893

   • (this may differ slightly, use tab to auto-complete the mount-name)

   • ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-{YOUR_ARCHITECTURE}.run

6. Once this is complete, reboot again and you should get higher resolutions, mouse swapping, and all the other goodies that come with this kernel extension!