﻿id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	guest	host
16575	Installing Guest Additions Fails	hgc		"I have VBox 5.1.18 installed.  I run up to 12 different distros of Linux  virtually. The following list details the installation success/failure of guest additions.

 1. Apricity Birch - no issues

 2. Bohhi 4.1.0 - no issues

 3. CentOS 7 - failure vboxadd-install.log below
{{{
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.header:97: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. 
Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.  Stop.
Creating user for the Guest Additions.
Creating udev rule for the Guest Additions kernel module.
}}}
 4. Debian 8.7.1 - failure vboxadd-install.log below
{{{
/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.1.16/src/vboxguest-5.1.16/build_in_tmp: 
67: /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-5.1.16/src/vboxguest-5.1.16/build_in_tmp: make: not found
}}}
 5. Elementary OS 0.4 - no issues

 6. Fedora 25 - failure vboxadd-install.log below
{{{
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.header:97: 
*** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.  Stop.
}}}
 7. Linux Lite 3.2 - no issues

 8. LXLE 16.04.01 - no issues

 9. Manjaro 16.10.03 - failure vboxadd-install.log below
{{{
/tmp/vbox.0/Makefile.include.header:115: 
*** Error: unable to find the include directory for your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_INCL=<directory> and run Make again.  Stop.
Creating user for the Guest Additions.
Creating udev rule for the Guest Additions kernel module.
}}}
 10. Mint 18.0 - failure vboxadd-install.log below
{{{
*** Unable to get log file
}}}
11. PCLinuxOS2017.03 - no issues 

All of the distros are up to date with latest updates.

It seems the if I can install the Guest Additions using the distro Add Software feature with in the distro itself the installation issue goes away.

Any help would be appreciated.
"	defect	closed	guest additions	VirtualBox 5.1.18	worksforme			Linux	Windows
