Installing Guest Additions

These instructions apply to all OSs. For additional information, see , , , or .

Mount the Guest Additions ISO

  1. Start the virtual machine. The OS must be installed.

  2. From the Devices menu, choose Insert Guest Additions CD Image, which mounts the Guest Additions ISO file inside your VM.

  3. If this option is not available, or if you prefer to mount the ISO manually:

    1. From the Devices menu, choose Optical Drives, and then Choose/Create a Disk Image. This displays the .

    2. In the Virtual Media Manager, click Add and browse your host file system for the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file.

      • On a Windows host, this file is in the installation directory, usually in C:\Program files\Oracle\VirtualBox.

      • On a Linux host, this file is in the additions folder where you installed , usually /opt/VirtualBox/.

      • On Oracle Solaris hosts, this file is in the additions folder where you installed , usually /opt/VirtualBox.

    3. In the Virtual Media Manager, select the ISO file and click Add. This mounts the ISO file and presents it to your guest OS as a CD-ROM.

Run the Guest Additions Installer

  1. Mount the ISO as described in the previous task.

  2. Unless you have the Autostart feature disabled, or it is not supported, the OS will now autostart the Guest Additions installer from the Guest Additions ISO.

    If the Autostart feature has been turned off, choose VBox<OS>Additions.exe from the CD/DVD drive inside the guest to start the installer, where <OS> is Windows, Linux, OS2 or Solaris.

  3. Follow the instructions in the installer.

  4. Reboot the guest OS.