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VirtualBox : Install GuestAdditions2025/09/29

	Install [GuestAdditions] into a Virtual Machine to improve Virtual Machine's System Performance. On the example below, it shows to install [GuestAdditions] on a Virtual Machine [Debian_13].
[1]	Attach [GuestAdditions]' disk to the VM on VirtualBox Host. The target VM must be stopped.

root@dlp:~#

VBoxManage storageattach Debian_13 \
--storagectl Debian_13_SATA \
--port 0 \
--type dvddrive \
--medium /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

[2]	Start the VM and login to it, then Install [GuestAdditions] on it.

# install required packages first

root@guest:~#

apt -y install gcc make bzip2 linux-headers-$(uname -r)

root@guest:~#

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

root@guest:~#

cd /mnt

root@guest:/mnt#

./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 7.2.2 Guest Additions for Linux  100%
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting.
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Setting up modules
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel
modules.  This may take a while.
.....
.....

root@guest:/mnt#

reboot

After installing [GuestAdditions], System Performance will be improved.

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