Linux

Virtualbox Guest Additions for Debian sid guest

Mohan Sreekant

Apr 13, 2014 — 1 min read

The whole process is very simple:

Login as root or do a su root or better do a sudo
Update APT database with

apt-get update

Update the system with

apt-get dist-upgrade

Note: The next step is needed the first time only

Install the following packages

apt-get install build-essential module-assistant

On the Virtualbox Devices menu, click Insert Guest Additions CD image…
Mount the CD via command line or File Manager
Open terminal and run

sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

If, for some reason, the Insert Guest Additions CD image… does not make the CD available in the guest, it can be from the .VirtualBox directory in the home directory of the host machine:

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