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How to install Guest Additions 6.0.10 with Debian-backports Kernel 4.19.x

Posted: 5. Aug 2019, 18:18
by jmar83_the2nd
Does somebody know how to do that? There seem to be a lot of dependency problems...

Thx for feedbacks.

Re: How to install Guest Additions 6.0.10 with Debian-backports Kernel 4.19.x

Posted: 5. Aug 2019, 18:47
by scottgus1
Guest Additions in a Debian guest? Probably not a Windows Hosts question...
Take a look at this and take another shot at the question.

Re: How to install Guest Additions 6.0.10 with Debian-backports Kernel 4.19.x

Posted: 5. Aug 2019, 20:00
by jmar83_the2nd
I think "host" means the system where VirtualBox runs...? Or is "host" the vm itself?

Re: How to install Guest Additions 6.0.10 with Debian-backports Kernel 4.19.x

Posted: 5. Aug 2019, 20:57
by scottgus1
"Host" is the physical PC, yes. Virtualbox gets installed on the host.
The "guest" is the VM, and Guest Additions go in the guest OS. There's an ISO provided with Virtualbox for the Guest Additions. Use the provided ISO on Linux guests - the distros like to fork Virtualbox & the GAs, and the forum gurus don't know what was changed in the fork.

Re: How to install Guest Additions 6.0.10 with Debian-backports Kernel 4.19.x

Posted: 5. Aug 2019, 21:26
by jmar83_the2nd
ok, thx, will try it..

Re: How to install Guest Additions 6.0.10 with Debian-backports Kernel 4.19.x

Posted: 23. Sep 2019, 13:24
by jmar83_the2nd
Debian (in non-GUI mode, as a server or something like that) works also well with the strech-backports kernel and NOT guest additions drivers - at least no problems until not.

And there is an advantage too: You will not need to re-install the drivers when you update from 5.2.x to 5.2.x or from 6.0.x to 6.0.y!! ;-)