I just installed the stable xfce iso for SparkyLinux on VirtualBox. How do I go about getting the VirtualBox guest additions? Thanks.
More details please. Is your bare metal machine linux or windows or freebsd or osx? And what type - i.e Debian or variant, Fedora (etc), Am I correct in assuming you are running sparky xfce as a vm?
Have you looked at https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html specifically 4.2.2 NOTE: this is linked to in the debianwiki
Basic info including the non support of virtualbox in testing (Sparky5.3) -- you need to use stretch-backports, no virtualbox for you "buster". https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox
Note: you do have the option to install a huge blob from Virtualbox website instead.
Possibly the following might work if you went with Debian stretch and not the blob from Virtualbox
# apt-get -t stretch-backports install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
my packages in a Debian stable environment
aptitude search virtualbox
p boinc-virtualbox - metapackage for virtualbox-savvy projects
i virtualbox - x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
i virtualbox-dkms - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources for dkms
i virtualbox-ext-pack - extra capabilities for VirtualBox, downloader.
i virtualbox-guest-additions-iso - guest additions iso image for VirtualBox
i virtualbox-guest-dkms - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source for dkms
v virtualbox-guest-modules -
p virtualbox-guest-source - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source
i A virtualbox-guest-utils - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
i virtualbox-guest-x11 - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities
v virtualbox-modules -
i A virtualbox-qt - x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface
p virtualbox-source - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module source
apt-cache showpkg virtualbox
Package: virtualbox
Versions:
5.1.30-dfsg-1~bpo9+1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch-backports_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
Description Language:
File: /var/lib/apt/lists/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch-backports_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages
MD5: 30f96d22c1a6ca04db16bdc1e79ad965
Description Language: en
File: /var/lib/apt/lists/httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_stretch-backports_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
MD5: 30f96d22c1a6ca04db16bdc1e79ad965
If I had to do it all over again, I would go with libvirt - but the "spice" portions for the gui were in a state of flux when stretch was testing.
https://virt-manager.org/ I hear the bugs and glitches are gone and you do not have to
I am overall satisfied with virtualbox via stretch-backports for running Windows 7. I stopped running linux and freebsd vm's when I moved south to take care of my parent.
peace out.
and
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=136923&p=668951&hilit=virtualbox+guest+additions#p668951
QuoteSorry to jump in here.
I am running testing and have for a while now. What works for me is installing Virtualbox from their site.
I install the one for stretch and I don't know how it works but it works.
Here is the version I am running:
Version 5.2.8 r121009 (Qt5.9.2)
Just to give feedback ... i wanted the guest additions to install on Sparkylinux Mate with Kernel 4.15.0-1-amd64 in a Virtualbox on a LinuxMint LMDE.
Unfortunately i got something like this (vboxadd-setup.log.3):
Error: unable to find the headers of the Linux kernel to build against. Specify KERN_VER=<version> (currently 4.15.0-1-amd64) and run Make again.
4.15.0-2-amd64 was the solution.
In a Terminal type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade (kept some files back)
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade >> installed finally the 4.15.0-2-amd64 Kernel and solved the Problem.