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Automatize guest additions and extension pack updates

Posted: 28. Aug 2018, 09:38
by roland65
Hi,

on Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), every time VirtualBox is updated, I need to *manually* install the extension pack and update the guest additions for each VM I have (Windows 7 guests).
This is painful...
Is there a way to automatize this process, using a script for example?

Thanks for your help,
RB

Re: Automatize guest additions and extension pack updates

Posted: 28. Aug 2018, 09:42
by andyp73
You can install the extension pack on your host from the command line. There has been a discussion of this recently in this thread. That was on a Windows host but it works more or less the same way on Linux - you just need to have the right permissions to be able to install it.

-Andy.