Virtualbox Setup
Terminology
- Host: The physical pc running virtualbox manager
- Guest: The virtual machine
Virtualbox Guest-additions
These are required for features such as shared folders, shared clipboard and (in windows) video-drivers. They are installed on the guest.
Ubuntu
(tested on 12.04 amd64)
The version of theguest-additions in the official repos (4.1.x)
doesn’t work - you need > 4.2.
If you’ve installed virtualbox on the host
using oracles repo (or downloaded binaries)
you can install the guest-additions on the guest
by following these instructions:
- Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic(?) - Go to “Install guest additions” in the Devices menu of the guest virtualbox window (Hostbutton+D).
- Mount the cdrom:
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom - Run the VboxAdditions(?) shell command:
cd /media/cdrom && sudo sh VboxAdditions
Windows
Do essentially the same thing as on ubuntu, but cdrom is of course mounted automatically.
