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Building the main Guest Additions module īuilding the shared folder support module This Guest Additions feature will be disabled. Your guest system does not seem to have sufficient OpenGL support to enableĪccelerated 3D effects (this requires Linux 2.6.27 or later in the guest (yada yada yada) # /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup Once you have corrected it, you can run /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup to build them.ĭoing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions Ĭorrect what went wrong and run ‘/etc/init.d/vboxadd setup’ again: # yum install gcc make

Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong. Your system does not seem to be set up to build kernel modules. The missing package can be probably installed with Module compilation fails then this could be the reason. The headers for the current running kernel were not found.

Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules īuilding the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules To see what went wrong run ‘/etc/init.d/vboxadd setup’: # /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup Stop.Ĭreating udev rule for the Guest Additions kernel module. Makefile:23: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. If not installed, you might run into next trouble: # cat /var/log/vboxadd-install.log (or similar package command for your distribution) Common Errors: Make sure GCC, MAKE and KERNEL-DEVEL (headers) are installed… # yum install gcc make Guest: Install Additions (in case of errors, see 0.)Ĥ. Host: ‘Putting the Additions in the DVD drive’ģ. Manually installing VBoxGuestAdditions Stepsġ. To easy… from the host command line, the guest additions are installed automagically on the Windows host machine. Use this post as a guideline, Linux knowledge is assumed… Manually installing VBoxGuestAdditions # vboxmanage guestcontrol updateadditions "" -source /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso -verbose If you have a Windows guest and a GUI based Host, it it’s very easy click, click, done.īut if you are using a command line based guest and/or host, it a bit more complex. Sometimes you don’t want to use a lot of disk space on your VirtualBox for install software or any ‘temporary’ need of space.Īdding shared folders from your host to your VirtualBox guest is a good option to use.