Set custom screen resolution for the Ubuntu Guest (shown in the below image)įAQs FAQ: Installing guest addition on VirtualBox Ubuntu DesktopĪll these steps will work on the Ubuntu command line, tested using Ubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64 FAQ: Installing guest addition on VirtualBox Ubuntu Server.Enable Drag and Drop – you would be able to drag and drop files between guest and host.Enabling Shared-Clipboard – copy-paste between guest and host ( Detailed guide to enable copy paste).With this, you will have some very useful features like: You have successfully installed the guest addition software. You can verify whether your VBox addition steps were successful, by running the following command lsmod | grep vboxĪ successful installation would display the output of the command as shown here: VirtualBox Guest Addition features Step #4 VirtualBox guest additions check if installed You can get the VBox version using the below command (after mounting as given in Step #2): :/media/devops# ls -l /media/devops/ĭr-xr-xr-x 5 devops devops 2408 Jul 28 22:04 VBox_GAs_6.1.26

You may have to change these values to suit your environment. Note: the path contains the username and VBox versions, in this example the username is devops and the VBox version is VBox_GAs_6.1.26. Note: Ignore the version number shown above, your VBox guest version could be different from the above.

Please refer to the notes after the image below if step #5 is showing an error.

Go to your installation directory, using the command, cd /media/devops/VBox_*/.

This will mount the VirtualBox guest addition Virtual CD Disk to your Ubuntu Guest OS. Step #2: Insert the guest addition CD imageįrom your VirtualBox VM window, go to Devices Menu and Click on Insert the guest addition CD image Install the guest addition pre-requisites using the command below, sudo apt-get install gcc make perlĮnter your user password and give y when prompted for confirmation to continue. Step #1: Preparing your Ubuntu VM with the required packages Here is a quick installation guide for VirtualBox Guest Addition installation. Please choose the article according to your Ubuntu version. vbox guest additions Ubuntu 22.04 and vbox guest additions Ubuntu 20.04.

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