Installing Ubuntu 12.10 on Virtualbox

I have installed Ubuntu on a virtual machine in Virtualbox. But I am having problems understanding how to install guest additions in Ubuntu. How do I do that?

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nosoup4u

been a while since I've used virtualbox but i believe you can run some commands in the terminal

Chapter*4.*Guest Additions

[h=5]Ubuntu[/h]
In order to fully update your guest system, open a terminal and run

apt-get update as root followed by

apt-get upgrade

Install DKMS using

apt-get install dkms

Reboot your guest system in order to activate the updates and then proceed as described above.

timme

Dracula28 wrote: »

I have installed Ubuntu on a virtual machine in Virtualbox. But I am having problems understanding how to install guest additions in Ubuntu. How do I do that?

As far as I remember, the first step is to go to the Devices menu and click "install guest additions". This should mount the CD.

Now open terminal:

cd /media
ls

You should have a device like cdrom0

cd cdrom0
sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

haziz

Remember also to install gcc and dkms before running the shell script from the auto-mounted virtualbox guest additions "CD-ROM".