Fix the Guest Additions installation on OpenSUSE 12.2

If you were failed to get the Guest Additions installed and run on OpenSUSE 12.2, this post will try to help you to fix it. Previously, I got the following error when I tried to install Guest Additions on OpenSUSE 12.2. I am using Virtualbox 4.2.2 on a Windows 7 computer. I got the following error:

The error above showing that OpenSUSE was failed to build the main Guest Additions module due to missing package. If so, try to install the required package:

zypper install kernel-default-devel-3.4.0-2

And then re run the Guest Additions installation. If it still not successful, try these steps:

Step 1. Check the installed Linux Kernel.

uname -r

The result should be similar to this:

3.4.0-2-default

Update the Kernel

zypper update kernel-desktop

Install Kernel development files

zypper install kernel-devel

Now reboot OpenSUSE and re run the Guest Additions installation. Have a try and good luck.