by socratis » 22. Feb 2019, 00:01
DeepL translator wrote:DE: Nun will ich die virtualbox-guest-additions installieren, doch eine normale Installation läuft nicht, sondern die additions müssen erst heruntergeladen werden, ... Doch warum werden in Additions nicht direkt aus dem vorhandenen Systrem von VirtualBox installiert?
EN: Now I want to install the virtualbox-guest-additions, but a normal installation does not work, the additions have to be downloaded first, ... But why aren't Additions installed directly from the existing VirtualBox system?
Do
not download the Guest Additions (GAs) ISO separately, it's a recipe for a disaster.
Always use the GAs that come already bundled with your VirtualBox installation. See ch.
4.1. Introduction to Guest Additions:
4.1. Introduction to Guest Additions wrote:The Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions for all supported guest operating systems are provided as a single CD-ROM image file which is called VBoxGuestAdditions.iso.
This image file is located in the installation directory of Oracle VM VirtualBox. To install the Guest Additions for a particular VM, you mount this ISO file in your VM as a virtual CD-ROM and install from there.
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In the
Devices menu in the virtual machine's menu bar, Oracle VM VirtualBox has a menu item
Insert Guest Additions CD Image, which mounts the Guest Additions ISO file inside your virtual machine.
If not prompted by auto-run, run "VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe" from the CD.
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