Add instructions for installing guest additions via the command line

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Justin Watt 2014-03-20 14:01:03 -07:00
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$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential dkms
```
#### To install via the GUI:
Next, make sure that the guest additions image is available by using the
GUI and clicking on "Devices" followed by "Install Guest Additions".
Then mount the CD-ROM to some location. On Ubuntu, this usually looks like
@ -65,12 +67,31 @@ guest additions. For example, for Linux on x86, it is the following:
$ sudo sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
```
If the commands succeeds, then the guest additions are now installed!
#### To install via the command line:
You can find the appropriate guest additions version to match your VirtualBox
version by selecting the appropriate version
[here](http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/). The examples below use
4.3.8, which was the latest VirtualBox version at the time of writing.
```
wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.8.iso
sudo mkdir /media/VBoxGuestAdditions
sudo mount -o loop,ro VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.8.iso /media/VBoxGuestAdditions
sudo sh /media/VBoxGuestAdditions/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
rm VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.8.iso
sudo umount /media/VBoxGuestAdditions
sudo rmdir /media/VBoxGuestAdditions
```
If you didnt install a Desktop environment when you installed the operating
system, as recommended to reduce size, the install of the VirtualBox additions
should warn you about the lack of OpenGL or Window System Drivers, but you can
safely ignore this.
If the command succeeds, then the guest additions are now installed!
If the commands succeed, then the guest additions are now installed!
## Packaging the Box