GA Not Installing On Linux Mint 21

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MattC13
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GA Not Installing On Linux Mint 21

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Hi,

I'm having trouble installing Guest Additions on my Linux Mint 21 VM. I have version 7.0.6 of VB. When I load the GA CD, it does not automatically start. I open the CD in the file explorer. As far as I am aware (??) I should double click on the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run file, which does nothing, but open up a viewer. I've looked at other threads that indicate this problem, but they all seem to indicate that VB needs to be reinstalled. I have updated to the newer version (originally v.6), from the downloaded installer. This has not worked. I am concerned about a full uninstall and reinstall, as I might lose some of the VMs. Any suggestions?

Matt
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Re: GA Not Installing On Linux Mint 21

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MattC13 wrote:When I load the GA CD, it does not automatically start.
Nor should it.
MattC13 wrote:As far as I am aware (??) I should double click on the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run file, which does nothing, but open up a viewer.
Mint is not Windows. It could be configured so that double clicking a script runs it, but that is not normal behaviour. Try right clicking and see if "Run ..." is listed as an option. Otherwise open a terminal window, browse to the cd and type "sudo bash .\VBoxLinuxAdditions.run".
MattC13
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Re: GA Not Installing On Linux Mint 21

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mpack wrote:browse to the cd and type "sudo bash .\VBoxLinuxAdditions.run"
Just get "bash: .VBoxLinuxAdditions.run: No such file or directory".

Matt
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Re: GA Not Installing On Linux Mint 21

Post by fth0 »

The command given was wrong, use "sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run", with a forward slash.
MattC13
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Re: GA Not Installing On Linux Mint 21

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Thanks. Definitely doing something, now.
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Re: GA Not Installing On Linux Mint 21

Post by MattC13 »

Brilliant. That works fine. Thanks.

Matt
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