Guest Additions

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hambone
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Guest Additions

Post by hambone »

Running VM 6.0 on MX Linux. Install Mint 18 in the VM. Installed no problem. When I go to DEVICES tab to insert the GA all that happens is the contents of the cd is displayed on the desktop of Mint. What I'm I missing? GA are version 6.0.2. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Guest Additions

Post by socratis »

Just like in a real computer, just inserting a CD won't do that much. You need to run the installer "VBoxLinuxAddition.run". You may also need to install "gcc make perl".

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hambone
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Re: Guest Additions

Post by hambone »

Thanks for the reply and for removing the dup post.
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