VirtualBox Guest Additions Download Address and introduction

The downloader can paste the following link to the browser, according to the version of VBox to find their corresponding enhancements.

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.0.10/

Virtual machine Installation Vboxadditions Enhancements

After installing Ubuntu on the VirtualBox, you need to install the Vboxadditions enhancement function, which has the following functions:

(1) Achieve smooth mouse movement between client and host

(2) Implement file sharing with host

(3) Install Virtual graphics driver, achieve 3D Video graphics acceleration, automatically adjust the client resolution

(4) Support Seamless mode

(5) Sharing the contents of the Clipboard with the host, that is, directly can be copied between the host, client, paste (not supporting files)

(6) Adaptive for screen resolution

installation process

1. In the VirtualBox software menu, select "Device"--"Install enhanced feature"

2. An optical drive symbol appears on the desktop indicating that the CD-ROM drive was successfully loaded.

3. Open the terminal, enter the/media folder, you will see a file, named Vboxadditions, into the directory.

4. Super User run SH vboxlinuxadditions.run.

During installation, the building the main Guest additions module[failed] Error appears,

View Log file is/var/log/vboxadd-install.log

/TMP/VBOX.0/MAKEFILE.INCLUDE.HEADER:97: * * * error:unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel.

Reason:

Installation enhancements require Kernel-devel and GCC packages, and must be consistent between the Kernel-devel and kernel versions. If both versions are inconsistent, you must upgrade the kernel so that the Guest additions installation will work correctly.

View Kernel version

uname -R

查看源中To view the version of Kernel-devel in the software source:

Yum Info kernel-devel

Workaround:

#更新内核. Yumupdate kernel# needs to have the appropriate kernel installed-devel and GCC packages, GCC is also a mustYum InstallKernel-develGCC

The system must be restarted after the upgrade and the new kernel can be used.

Workaround

Export make='/usr/bin/gmake-i'. /vboxlinuxadditions.run

VirtualBox Guest Additions and introduction