Saturday, September 30, 2017

Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions


  1. Login as ubuntu;
  2. Update your APT database with sudo apt-get update, and typing your password, if requested;
  3. Install the latest security updates with sudo apt-get upgrade;
  4. Install required packages with sudo apt-get install build-essential module-assistant;
  5. Configure your system for building kernel modules by running sudo m-a prepare;
  6. Click on Install Guest Additions… from the Devices menu, then choose to browse the content of the CD when requested;
  7. Mount the cdrom with "mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom";
  8. Run sudo ./media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run, and follow the instructions on screen.

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