With Linux Mint, the new release 5.2.20.ofVirtualBox are upgraded without any problem while with Debian a not clear message is delivered as you see below:
This is not clear for me. Is the VBoxLinuxAdditions installed? How to install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel for adding new hardware support to the system?root@debian:/home/michaou/Documents/VAdditions# ls 32Bit OS2 VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64.exe 64Bit runasroot.sh VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe AUTORUN.INF TRANS.TBL VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86.exe autorun.sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run cert VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg root@debian:/home/michaou/Documents/VAdditions# chmod 777 VBoxLinuxAdditions.run root@debian:/home/michaou/Documents/VAdditions# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 5.2.20 Guest Additions for Linux........ VirtualBox Guest Additions installer Removing installed version 5.2.20 of VirtualBox Guest Additions... Copying additional installer modules ... Installing additional modules ... VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules. This may take a while. This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules. Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel for adding new hardware support to the system. The distribution packages containing the headers are probably: linux-headers-amd64 linux-headers-3.16.0-4-amd64 update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64 VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting. VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules. This may take a while. This system is currently not set up to build kernel modules. Please install the Linux kernel "header" files matching the current kernel for adding new hardware support to the system. ....................................... The distribution packages containing the headers are probably: linux-headers-amd64 linux-headers-3.16.0-4-amd64 update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64
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