On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 19:44 -0400, Dave wrote: > Hello, > I'm trying to install VirtualBox on a test CentOS 4.4 system following > the guide on howtoforge. As a preliminary i'm trying to retrieve the > kernel-devel rpm, which contains the headers and libs needed to compile > kernel modules. I've tried: > > yum install kernel-devel > > as well as added an arch to that in this case i686 and i keep getting the > msg nothing to do. The only item i can think of is i have enabled the > protectbase yum plugin, if this is my problem i'd like to make this file an > exception. My kernel version is 2.6.9, the default one that came with CentOS > if that matters. > Any suggestions welcome. > Thanks. > Dave. That usually means that the package is already installed ... try: rpm -q kernel-devel -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070401/ef00c401/attachment-0004.sig>