Difficulty installing VBox guest additions to OEL 6.1 x64 system

I am having difficulty attempting to install VBox Guest Additions on my OEL 6.1 x64 system.
It seems to be similar to this recent thread:
Oracle Linux 6.1 - Kernel version and devel version mismatch
I have done the yum repo install of "http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ol6.repo", but both "yum install kernel-uek-devel" and "yum install kernel-devel-2.6.32-100.34.1.el6uek.x86_64" fail with "No package available".
Note that the second package I mentioned above is the one appearing in the VBoxAdditions shell output as needing to be installed. Yet, it doesn't seem to exist.
Any help would be deeply appreciated.

After doing "wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum.ol6.repo" and placing the file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ , did you change "enabled=0" to "enabled=1" within the new yum config file?

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The Arch Linux install seemed to go through smoothly. I installed it using the wiki page, rebooted, and logged in as root. I am installing this for a class, so trying to follow the instructions to do so. Next, we are supposed to install 'Guest Additions' for Virtual box using the instructions below:
Now, you should install "Guest Additions" for VirtualBox. Guest additions allows you to share files between host and guest systems. This is very convenient for development as you will need to copy files back and forth between the host and guest operating systems. You can download Guest Additions at *link*.
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sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
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Under settings for VBox, I mounted the Guest Additions image file, started Arch Linux, logged in as root, and followed the instructions above. I was able to do all of the above, but when I excute the last line, I am given this message:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3971/linuxd.png
I have no idea where to go from here, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I feel like I have installed Arch Linux incorrectly. All the videos and pictures I see show a GUI type interface, but all I am presented with is a text-based interface. When I boot it up, it asks me to log in, and I am then taken to the command line, but I don't see the same GUI interface everyone else seems to have. Is this normal for a basic Arch Linux install? Thanks in advance.

Arch has no GUI until you install one. Some people don't want a GUI, so it's left to the user. The base install has only a command line interface.
You should probably read the Beginners Guide.
In case you missed them, there's two short articles, also on the wiki that might help you understand Arch, Arch Linux and The Arch Way

Yum config, kernel-header, and VBox guest additions

It appears that I've entered the Twilight Zone in dealing with kernel-header issues and installing OL 5.7 under VBox.
After using VMWorkstation quite happily for a few years, I've decided to give VBox a try. First I struggled with the differences in the way the two products handled networking (host-only and NAT), now I am struggling with getting VBox Guest Additions installed.
The first thing I do after initial OS installation is configure for the public yum server. Next I try to install the Guest Additions - mostly so I can share a directory with the host OS (Win 7) and pull in a bunch of standard scripts, Oracle DB install media, etc. Running the Guest Addition install - VBoxLinuxAdditions.run - complains about packgages, so I get them installed, and finally it complains about the kernel headers - unable to find source of kernel.
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[el5_u1_base]
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[el5_u5_base]but also "ol" sections and "ol - UEK" sections:
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[el5_unsupported]I'm guessing that since "Oracle Enterprise Linux" is now simply "Oracle Linux", I should be using one of the "ol5" sections, and probably the 'ol5_UEK_latest'. Here's what I have actually installed for an OS:
[root@vblnxsrv01 yum.repos.d]# uname -a
Linux vblnxsrv01.vbdomain 2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek #1 SMP Wed Jul 27 21:02:33 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/LinuxCan anyone clarify how these fit together, or point me to documentation to do so?
thanks.

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After using VMWorkstation quite happily for a few years, I've decided to give VBox a trywhy now VBox? what is better?I'm beginning to wonder, myself!
I could really vent, but I dont' want to come off sounding like some of the vistors to the db forum that complain because Oracle isn't just re-badged SQL Server. But every step has been a struggle for what appears to me to be no good reason. When I first started building personal test systems with VMware, I'd never built a *nix system for myself, and had a lot to learn. But I pretty well had it down in a weekend. This struggle with VBox has been much more difficult.

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After failing to get ose guest additions working in an Arch guest on Ubuntu host by (a) mounting the ISO and (b) installing from pacman, I thought that it would be an idea to use builds from AUR as these would likely to be more customised for Arch guests.
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Error installing VirtualBox Guest Additions

Hello. ¿Cuál es el motivo por el cual a la hora de instalar VirtualBox Guest Additions me sale lo siguiente?
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How I can solve this installation error?

2898527 wrote:
I was installing VirtualBox Guest Additions, and install gives me the following installation error:
(1) 0 - ENTER: DriverPackageInstallW
(1) 0 - Installing INF file 'C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions\VBoxGuest.inf' (Plug and Play).
(1) 0 - Looking for Model Section [VBoxGuest.NTamd64]...
(1) 0 - No matching devices found in INF "C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\vboxguest.inf_amd64_neutral_08c563e3b006bb64\vboxguest.inf" on the Machine.
(1) 0 - No drivers installed. No devices found that match driver(s) contained in 'C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\vboxguest.inf_amd64_neutral_08c563e3b006bb64\vboxguest.inf'.
(1) 0 - RETURN: DriverPackageInstallW (0xE000020B)
How is it possible that mistake, and how could I fix it?
Regards,
--Alejandro
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SPECIFICALLY, how were installing Guest Additions? What SPECIFIC steps did you take? Where, SPECIFICALLY, did you find the messages you posted?

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Hey, semi-literate Linux user/Arch n00b here. I apologize in advance as I realize that this issue has been addressed in this forum previously, but after several hours of hunting, I have yet to find a proper solution. I am trying to run Arch64 as a guest in VirtualBox (host is Ubuntu 10.10, x86-64 if it matters). I have the system up and running, but I can't seem to get the Guest Additions going, as the system won't build the kernel modules. This is the terminal output while running the installer:
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Building the main guest additon module FAILED
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Thanks Avi..:) seems like i am progressing..
[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# cat /etc/oracle-release
Oracle Linux Server release 5.6
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===============================================================================================================
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===============================================================================================================
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===============================================================================================================
Install 1 Package(s)
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user11957149 wrote:
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Build the main Guest Additions module Failed
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I have little experience in installing VirtualBox Additions on Oracle Linux. Can anybody pls give me some suggestions? Thanks a lot in advance.

user571093 wrote:
Hi all,
I am not very sure if I am in the correct forum here.No. This forum is "Oracle Database - General Questions". Your question has nothing to do with Oracle Database.
Your problem is in the cracks between VBox and Oracle Linux. I'd suggest you mark this thread answered, then repost in the Oracle Linux Forum (Oracle Linux
My problem is I cannot install the VirtualBox Guest Additions 4.2.12_84980 on my Oracle Linux 5 update 6_x86_64 bits system. I followed the instructions in a tutorial :
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo
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yum install gcc
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These steps above all succeeded; but, when I run the installation as below:
cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_4.2.12_84980/
sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
I got the error message:
Build the main Guest Additions module Failed
(Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong).Did you look at that file?
>
I have little experience in installing VirtualBox Additions on Oracle Linux. Can anybody pls give me some suggestions? Thanks a lot in advance.When you post in the Oracle Linux forum, be sure to show them the results of this command:
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I have installed OEL 5 on virtual box, however when I tried to install Guest Additions, it is getting failed.
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