My LInux Laptop dies... got a new Laptop and...
Here I am again with the same problem as before - I can not locate the new Windows Guest Additions ISO.
I got this downloaded:
VirtualBox 5.2.12 for Linux
Ubuntu 16.04 ("Xenial") i38
Windows Guest Additions???
Where Are The Guest Additions?
Re: Where Are The Guest Additions?
OK, after much digging I found it!
The FTP page:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.12/
Posting it here so others & I can find it again easily.
The FTP page:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.12/
Posting it here so others & I can find it again easily.
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Re: Where Are The Guest Additions?
That would be the
WRONG ANSWER!!!
Too much digging? How about the User Manual? Chapter 4.2. Installing and Maintaining Guest Additions? That would actually take zero (0) digging!
The only time you might need to manually download the GAs is if you're trying troubleshooting a problem with the GAs.
Too much digging? How about the User Manual? Chapter 4.2. Installing and Maintaining Guest Additions? That would actually take zero (0) digging!
As it has been said time and time again, you do NOT need to download the Guest Additions (GAs) separately, the Guest Additions come bundled with VirtualBox.In the "Devices" menu in the virtual machine's menu bar, VirtualBox has a handy menu item named "Insert Guest Additions CD image", which mounts the Guest Additions ISO file inside your virtual machine.
The only time you might need to manually download the GAs is if you're trying troubleshooting a problem with the GAs.
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Re: Where Are The Guest Additions?
I'm having the same problem. I've just rebuilt a host system and just getting the virtual machines running again.
Previously I installed using dpkg after downloading, but this time VB installed from debian repos added to /etc/apt/sources.list as per: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
There's a slight mismatch of versions which is solved, except for GA.
Guest OSs run OK, but additions is a problem. In a running guest, when choosing Devices / Insert Guest additions CD image...
VB responds with "Could not find the Virtualbox Guest Additions disk image file". See attachment. The manual does not cover this scenario.
Given that elsewhere in this forum users advise that installs from repos do not include the same things as downloads, e.g. extension pack, it is natural to assume that "could not find" = "Missing" because that's basic English.
But it's helpful to have such an emphatic assurance from a moderator that GA is always bundled with VB. Presumably no matter the method of install. So I guess something remains broken for me.
Previously I installed using dpkg after downloading, but this time VB installed from debian repos added to /etc/apt/sources.list as per: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
There's a slight mismatch of versions which is solved, except for GA.
Guest OSs run OK, but additions is a problem. In a running guest, when choosing Devices / Insert Guest additions CD image...
VB responds with "Could not find the Virtualbox Guest Additions disk image file". See attachment. The manual does not cover this scenario.
Given that elsewhere in this forum users advise that installs from repos do not include the same things as downloads, e.g. extension pack, it is natural to assume that "could not find" = "Missing" because that's basic English.
But it's helpful to have such an emphatic assurance from a moderator that GA is always bundled with VB. Presumably no matter the method of install. So I guess something remains broken for me.
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Re: Where Are The Guest Additions?
Somehow I think that you might have gotten the repo version, not the official one. That's the only time that "VirtualBox-alikes" try to download a non-existent GAs ISO. The official releases always contain a bundled version of the GAs, even the test, even the development builds.CarbonPepper wrote:but this time VB installed from debian repos added to /etc/apt/sources.list as per: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
So, make sure that you have the official VirtualBox version by checking the output of:
VBoxManage -version
... then you're running the fork version. There shouldn't be any "_Distro" after the version string.$ VBoxManage -version X.Y.Z_Distro r12345
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Re: Where Are The Guest Additions?
Thanks. That was very useful, because I watched the install carefully and saw
So, just now VBoxManage -version is reporting: 5.2.18_Ubuntur123745
I did a purge and re-install, again I watched 6.0 install.
My problem lies with
Which results in....
I'm currently trying to find the right package for ext pack....
EDIT:
It seems that the 6.0 repo does not contain any extension pack packages, instead, this has to be maintained for version:
After this, everything is working and I can install additions correctly.
But I was not watching as carefully when adding the expansion packPreparing to unpack .../virtualbox-6.0_6.0.8-130520~Ubuntu~bionic_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking virtualbox-6.0 (6.0.8-130520~Ubuntu~bionic) ...
Setting up virtualbox-6.0 (6.0.8-130520~Ubuntu~bionic) ...
So, just now VBoxManage -version is reporting: 5.2.18_Ubuntur123745
I did a purge and re-install, again I watched 6.0 install.
My problem lies with
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sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-pack
Which will result of course in the older version being installed from the Ubuntu repo, not the 6.0 from the oracle repo.The following packages will be REMOVED
virtualbox-6.0
The following NEW packages will be installed
dkms libgsoap-2.8.60 libvncserver1 virtualbox virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ext-pack virtualbox-qt
I'm currently trying to find the right package for ext pack....
EDIT:
It seems that the 6.0 repo does not contain any extension pack packages, instead, this has to be maintained for version:
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# Download
wget https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.0.8/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.0.8.vbox-extpack
#Install
sudo VBoxManage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.0.8.vbox-extpack --accept-license=56be48f923303c8cababb0bb4c478284b688ed23f16d775d729b89a2e8e5f9eb
# Tidy up
rm Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.0.8.vbox-extpack
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Re: Where Are The Guest Additions?
Or alternatively you could just grab the ExtPack from the VirtualBox site Downloads page, and the appropriate VirtualBox from the Linux Downloads page.
In that last page, you can find the instructions to add VirtualBox as a repository, so you could use your traditional install/upgrade/uninstall tools.
In that last page, you can find the instructions to add VirtualBox as a repository, so you could use your traditional install/upgrade/uninstall tools.
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