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Cannot install Guest Additions for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Posted: 12. Feb 2010, 04:48
by pteeson
Environment Mac Pro 4,1 Snow Leopard 10.6.2 VBox 3.2.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
I am a newbie with VBox, although a Mac developer since 1984.
Installing VBox and Ubuntu went very smoothly, having read the relevant manuals.

After booting Ubuntu and logging in I tried to install the Guest Additions. However I get this
Help please TIA and respect
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Re: Cannot install Guest Additions for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Posted: 12. Feb 2010, 16:02
by Perryg
Shut down the guest and in the guest settings under storage, click on the CD and to the right in the drop down choose the guest additions.

Re: Cannot install Guest Additions for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Posted: 12. Feb 2010, 18:35
by pteeson
Thank you sir. That worked (after I stumbled my way through Ubuntu GUI a bit)
Sigh... you can learn something new every day if you are not careful.

Peter

P.S. I have another issue but I'll start a new topic on that.