Can't find VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to update Guest Additions

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win11user
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Can't find VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to update Guest Additions

Post by win11user »

I want to do

sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

to update Guest Additions (Linux Guest on Windows host) but I CANNOT FIND IT on my Windows 11 laptop.

Where is this file located?

(If I try to insert the Guest Addtions CD image from the Devices menu nothing happens. If there was a fix for this that would help too.)

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scottgus1
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Re: Can't find VBoxLinuxAdditions.run to update Guest Additions

Post by scottgus1 »

win11user wrote:VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
is in the Guest Additions CD image ISO.
win11user wrote:If I try to insert the Guest Addtions CD image from the Devices menu nothing happens.
Do the Guest Additions files appear in the VM OS's CD drive?

Please note there are prerequisites to run Guest Additions in a Linux VM, see https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04. ... ions-linux and https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02. ... nux-prereq
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