

So follow the steps below to install the guest additions on Ubuntu. When you install the Ubuntu Desktop/Server on the VirtualBox, it comes pre-installed with the VirtualBox guest additions, but that’s not always up to date with the software you have available on the VirtualBox hypervisor. How to Install Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop on VirtualBox? How to Install Ubuntu 20.04 Server on VirtualBox? In this blog, we will look at how you can install virtual box guest additions on the Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox. In the last couple of blogs, we have taken a look at how you can install ubuntu desktop and Server on VirtualBox. It improves the virtual machine’s performance and allows easy usability of the virtual machine. (this last feature at least in guest win7).The VirtualBox guest additions are like a driver installed on a PC. The correct resizing of screen and access to the shared folder In the VM as a CD device and you can access it and run

In Storage, in controller IDE I put the path to the file The VB version this ISO file is in /usr/share/virtualbox.įinally in the settings of the VM (the VBGuestAdditions is to be installed in the guest) The VBGuestAdditions.iso has to be installed with the installation of VMīy checking in settings->user interface ->devices ->insert GuestAdditions CD image,īut in my case it did not so I searched this ISO file in the host and in the case


And adding 3rd party repos can get you unintendedly the 32bit version with an obscure error version, see this answer. If you intend to get and use Virtual Box 5.1 (not 5.0), at the time of writing, you won't afaik get it through apt.
