Guest Additions

Chester Wyke October 19, 2022 Updated: April 15, 2025 #virtual_box

Steps recorded on VM running Ubuntu 18.04.6

Features observed missing without install

Install Steps

Use the menu and Click on Insert Guest Additions CD Image... from Devices

Insert Guest Additions CD Image

Navigate to the mounted image in terminal (Can use GUI then right click and Open in Terminal) then issue the following commands

sudo apt install build-essential
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Then just restart to complete the installation. (Remember to enabled copy and paste from sub menu under Devices).

NB: Drag and drop worked fine from Host to Guest but from Guest to Host would cause the application I was dragging from to freeze.