Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in Fedora
Let’s now see how you can install VirtualBox guest additions on Fedora Linux distribution. For example, if the host’s resolution is 1366 x 768, the virtual machine automatically scales from its default resolution to match the host’s resolution. With guest addition installed, the virtual machine adjusts to match the resolution of the host system. Enhanced Video Performance: By default, virtual machines come with a display that is much smaller and does not provide a resolution that matches that of the host system.Shared Folders: The guest additions also enable you to make folders that can be accessed by the virtual machine as network shares.Mouse Pointer Integration: Recall how you usually have to press a combination of keys to release the mouse pointer from the virtual machine? With Virtualbox guest additions, that becomes a thing of the past as you can comfortably move your mouse pointer to and from the guest and host OS.Drag and Drop: Additionally, Virtualbox guest additions enable you to drag and drop files between the host and guest operating systems.Shared Clipboard: You can seamlessly copy and paste content between the host and guest operating systems.VirtualBox guest additions provide extended features such as:
VirtualBox also includes VirtualBox guest additions which are additional applications and drivers that improve the performance and usability of a virtual machine. If the screen dont automatically switch to full screen upon boot or login, toggle the View option > Auto-resize Guest Display.As you might know, VirtualBox is an open-source hypervisor that allows users to create virtual machines and test-run different operating systems. Once the system reboots, it should boot to full-screen mode.
Once the installation is done, restart your virtual machine in order to reload the kernel modules. VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced until Update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.10.0-8-amd64 VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the modules for kernel 5.10.0-8-amd64. VirtualBox Guest Additions: /sbin/rcvboxadd quicksetup all VirtualBox Guest Additions: /sbin/rcvboxadd quicksetup VirtualBox Guest Additions: To build modules for other installed kernels, run VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel Uncompressing VirtualBox 6.1.26 Guest Additions for Linux.
Sample command output Verifying archive integrity. Once the installation is done, you can now install VirtualBox guest additions by executing the command below sudo sh /mnt/n sudo apt update -y & sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Debian 11 Bullseye Now, to install VirtualBox guest additions, you need to have the kernel headers, DKMS framework, and build tools installed. Listing the contents of the mount point: ls -1 /mnt AUTORUN.INF To mount it, open a terminal and run the command below sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt The ISO file is mounted as a removable device. If prompted, select Open with File Manager.
When VirtualBox guest addition ISO file is inserted, you may or may not be prompted on how to open it.