On the guest system using the VirtualBox GUI manager. This file is located on the host machine and can be mounted VirtualBox ships with an image ISO file called “VBoxGuestAdditions.iso” containing Guest Additions installers for all supported guest operating systems. Installing Guest Additions on Ubuntu Guest # The same instructions apply for Ubuntu 16.04 and any Ubuntu-based distribution, including Linux Mint and Elementary OS. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 18.04 guests. The Guest Additions offer several useful functionalities for guest machines such as shared folders, shared clipboard, mouse pointer integration, better video support, and more. VirtualBox provides a set of drivers and applications (VirtualBox Guest Additions) which can be installed in the guest operating system. More than 95% of the issues are resolved in the forums, which keeps the developers focusing on the bug fixes and enhancements, and there is no need for another ticket to keep track of.Is an open-source, cross-platform virtualization software that allows you to run multiple guest operating systems (virtual machines) simultaneously.
)īTW, it's usually better and faster, if issues get first addressed in the VirtualBox forums, a lot more eyes there. And no, you won't have to download the GAs ISO separately. Take this chance and 1) uninstall your fork, 2) install the official VirtualBox. I gave you the link to the whole 6.0.12 installers. You have VirtualBox 6.0.12, you should download the matching version GAs ISO: If it's any different than exactly the following:įixed by downloading manually the iso from Įven in that case, you downloaded the wrong version of the GAs ISO. Just take a look at the output of " VBoxManage -version". The official VirtualBox GAs ISO comes bundled with the main program, there's never a need to download the GAs ISO separately. Which means you can either ask in their forums/channels for help, or completely remove/uninstall/delete/purge their version and install the official version from the Linux Downloads section of VirtualBox. This only happens if you use a fork of VirtualBox, i.e.
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