VBox automatically installs Guest Additions?

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Ben321
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VBox automatically installs Guest Additions?

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Why is VirtualBox automatically installing Guest Addition on Linux Mint? I never inserted the Guest Additions ISO, but it seemed to automatically be installed when I installed Linux Mint on my virtual machine. How do I prevent this behavior?
Perryg
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Re: VBox automatically installs Guest Additions?

Post by Perryg »

It is not VirtualBox is not installing the guest additions. Mint comes with them installed already as do a few others. Actually VirtualBox has asked in the past the none of the distros install them by default but they have the final decision.
Ben321
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Re: VBox automatically installs Guest Additions?

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Thanks for the info. Are you aware of any settings in Mint Linux's installer, which would allow me to configure the installer to not install Guest Additions when it installs Mint Linux?
Perryg
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Re: VBox automatically installs Guest Additions?

Post by Perryg »

No I do not. You would need to ask them.
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