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Install Prerequisites

yum update  
yum install binutils qt gcc make patch libgomp glibc-headers glibc-devel kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms

#Reboot

Install VirtualBox Repository

cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

CentOs:

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/rhel/virtualbox.repo

Fedora:

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo

Install VirtualBox

yum update
yum install VirtualBox-$VERSION

VERSION=4.3 || 5.0

setenforce Permissive

service vboxdrv setup
  or alternatively:
/usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup

setenforce Enforcing

usermod -a -G vboxusers $VIRTUALBOX_USER

Install VirtualBox Extension

Get an appropriate link from VirtualBox.org

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.32/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.32-103443.vbox-extpack

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.10/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.0.10-104061.vbox-extpack

VBboxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.32-103443.vbox-extpack

VBboxManage list extpacks
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