Tuesday, November 25, 2025

VirtualBox : Install GuestAdditions

 

VirtualBox : Install GuestAdditions


 

Install [GuestAdditions] into a Virtual Machine to improve Virtual Machine's System Performance.
On the example below, it shows to install [GuestAdditions] on a Virtual Machine [Debian_13].

[1]Attach [GuestAdditions]' disk to the VM on VirtualBox Host.
The target VM must be stopped.
root@dlp:~# 
VBoxManage storageattach Debian_13 \
--storagectl Debian_13_SATA \
--port 0 \
--type dvddrive \
--medium /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
[2]Start the VM and login to it, then Install [GuestAdditions] on it.
# install required packages first

root@guest:~# 
apt -y install gcc make bzip2 linux-headers-$(uname -r)

root@guest:~# 
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

root@guest:~# 
cd /mnt

root@guest:/mnt# 
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 7.2.2 Guest Additions for Linux  100%
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting.
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Setting up modules
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel
modules.  This may take a while.
.....
.....

root@guest:/mnt# 
 

After installing [GuestAdditions], System Performance will be improved.


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