yum - No package dkms available
Dear Experts,
64 bit Server is:
lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-ia32:graphics-3.1-noarch
Distributor ID: EnterpriseEnterpriseServer
Description: Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Carthage)
Release: 5.5
Codename: Carthage
uname -a
Linux black.testrac.com 2.6.18-194.el5 #1 SMP Mon Mar 29 22:10:29 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I'm trying to install Virtual Box.
It's been quite the soap opera so far.
rpm -qa | grep -i "virtual"
VirtualBox-4.1-4.1.8_75467_rhel5-1
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/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ]
Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ]
Trying to register the VirtualBox kernel modules using DKMS[FAILED]
(Failed, trying without DKMS)
Recompiling VirtualBox kernel modules [FAILED]
(Look at /var/log/vbox-install.log to find out what went wrong)
It keeps saying that there is no dkms package available.
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But when I try to get it with yum:
yum install dkms
Loaded plugins: security
Setting up Install Process
No package dkms available.
Nothing to do
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cd /etc/yum.repos.d
At first, yum didn't find anything.
yum install dkms
Loaded plugins: security
Setting up Install Process
No package dkms available.
Nothing to do
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So I changed public-yum-el5.repo
change every enabled to: enabled=1
yum install dkms
Loaded plugins: security
el5_addons | 951 B 00:00
el5_addons/primary | 20 kB 00:00
el5_addons 85/85
el5_ga_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_ga_base/primary | 993 kB 00:01
el5_ga_base 3887/3887
el5_oracle_addons | 951 B 00:00
el5_oracle_addons/primary | 1.7 kB 00:00
el5_oracle_addons 7/7
el5_u1_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u1_base/primary | 1.0 MB 00:01
el5_u1_base 3968/3968
el5_u2_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u2_base/primary | 1.0 MB 00:01
el5_u2_base 4101/4101
el5_u3_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u3_base/primary | 1.1 MB 00:01
el5_u3_base 4172/4172
el5_u4_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
el5_u4_base/primary | 1.1 MB 00:01
el5_u4_base 4285/4285
el5_u5_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
ol5_u5_base | 951 B 00:00
ol5_u6_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
ol5_u6_base/primary | 1.5 MB 00:01
ol5_u6_base 4551/4551
ol5_u7_base | 1.1 kB 00:00
ol5_u7_base/primary | 1.5 MB 00:01
ol5_u7_base 4605/4605
Setting up Install Process
No package dkms available.
Nothing to do
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I did find many dkms package at:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=dkms&submit=Search+...&system=&arch=
A few hundred perhaps.
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Which package would be the correct one for my server's architecture and Virtual Box?
dkms-2.0.20.2-1.el5.rf.noarch.html
looks promising.
See more here:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/dag/redhat/el5/x86_64/DByName.html
Would this one be correct?
Thanks a lot!