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I'm running:
MacOSX 10.10.1
VirtualBox 4.3.22 (4.3.24 breaks my mouse)
Linux debian 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt4-3 (2015-02-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux

I've been using Debian/Jessie with VirtualBox and have been having problems with copy & paste and my resolution is stuck at 1024x768. Figuring this has something to do with guest additions being wrong I tried reinstalling them.

I inserted guest additions cd image and then things go wrong:

# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
sh: 2: ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run: Permission denied
# sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.22 Guest Additions for Linux............
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Copying additional installer modules ...
/bin/bzip2: 1: /bin/bzip2: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
/bin/bzip2: 1: /bin/bzip2: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

Is something wrong with the included guest image iso? I've tried reinstalling 4.3.22 and that didn't help. Thoughts?

First run… Then…
1. mount the GA .iso from the Devices menu.
2. in the terminal type or cut and paste… 3. enter password.
4. restart Debian once completed.

Hi. Thanks for the reply.

As it turns out, I must have installed a funky bzip2 (perhaps one meant for my arm cross compiler). I reinstalled bzip2 and the script completed.

Sorry for the noise!

Thanks it was a great help!
For me just "bash" was missing, I used prevours "sh" instead!

YVW