[Bugs] #814 UNSP: Difficult to install VirtualBox tools in soas-appliance

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#814: Difficult to install VirtualBox tools in soas-appliance
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    Reporter:  wadeb                      |          Owner:  sdz                        
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  SoaS                       |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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 There are some big hurdles here.

 First, you have to manually mount /dev/dvd to /media as the normal Fedora
 auto mounting is not activating for some reason.

 Then, you have to install gcc, make and kernel-devel.  But with the latest
 appliance, kernel-devel brings in a newer version of the headers than what
 is installed in the appliance.

 So, you have to yum update kernel to get the new kernel.

 Finally, you have to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf to boot the new kernel.

 Is there any way we could make this easier?  How far off is pre-installing
 the VirtualBox tools?  It currently adds an hour or so each time you want
 to check out a new appliance snapshot, even without the above issues.

 BTW, recent appliance snapshots are working great generally, great work!

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/814>
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