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How to install VirtualBox in CentOS/RHEL 8

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1. Install Fedora repos

sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo dnf install fed2el-release

2. Install Virtualbox (from upstream Fedora 28 repos)

sudo dnfplus install VirtualBox

3. Install kernel-abi-whitelists

sudo dnf install kernel-abi-whitelists

4. Build necessary modules

akmods; systemctl restart systemd-modules-load.service

5. Rebuild modules automatically

You can enable service to automatically rebuild VirtualBox required kernel modules, after you upgrade to newer kernel:

sudo systemctl enable akmods

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