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Fail installing VBoxGuestadditions.iso on Ubuntu 16.04 x86_64

Posted: 28. Apr 2016, 22:11
by Veje
Hello:

I have installed virtualbox with

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sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-5.0_5.0.18-106667~Ubuntu~xenial_amd64.deb
and the installation was completed fine.

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sudo apt-get install dkms gcc 

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sudo mount  VBoxGuestAdditions_5.0.18.iso /mnt
cd /mnt 
and when I run sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run I get this error:

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...Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules ...done.
Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions ...done.
Starting the VirtualBox Guest Additions ...fail!
(modprobe vboxguest failed)
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Re: Fail installing VBoxGuestadditions.iso on Ubuntu 16.04 x86_64

Posted: 28. Apr 2016, 22:47
by Perryg
Where exactly did you install the guest additions? They belong in the guest not the host.

Re: Fail installing VBoxGuestadditions.iso on Ubuntu 16.04 x86_64

Posted: 29. Apr 2016, 01:29
by Veje
Perryg wrote:Where exactly did you install the guest additions? They belong in the guest not the host.
Yep, I think than I was doing it wrong. I tried to install the VBoxGuestadditions in the host system :oops:

Thanks again