After you download the new Virtualbox Extension pack onto your host system and install the Extension pack into Virtualbox Manager then you should do the following to install the guest additions onto your debian based guest.
open terminal in guest os
apt-get update && apt-get install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r)
hit cancel when autorun window pops up.
cp /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run /Documents/
or (check version is latest)
cp /media/cdrom0/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run /Documents/
cd Documents
chmod 755 VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
shutdown guest os
shutdown reboot host os
start guest os
sudo apt-get autoremove
How to install guest additons 5.0.14r105127 on Debian based
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Re: How to install guest additons 5.0.14r105127 on Debian ba
Actually there is no connection between :-
- installing the extension pack (a host activity you perform once - mandatory if you need the extended VirtualBox features such as USB2/USB3 support), and...
- installing the Guest Additions (a guest activity that may be performed separately in every VM, but is not mandatory).