If there are no ‘Failed’ messages, you are good to go. If everything goes accordingly, you should get an output similar to the below one. The installation might take a minute or two… so be patient.
When asked, type in the root password also… Then choose ‘Run’ from the one that comes after… Step 6: After a couple of seconds, a dialog-box will appear, simply click its ‘OK’ button…
(‘Guest Additions’, as you might have guessed, comes pre-bundled with VirtualBox, so there is no need to manually download it)... Step 5: This time, click on the VirtualBox menu of the VM, and go to: ‘Devices’ -> ‘Insert Guest Additions CD image…’, as shown below. Now we are done installing the prerequisites and can move on with the ‘guest additions’ installation.
Once it finishes, we have to install another package called ‘gcc’ (GNU’s C++ compiler). Step 4: It might take a couple of minutes to install, depending on the speed of your internet connection. Step 3: Now enter the below command and append the above copied Kernel version after the ‘-‘ sign, don’t leave any spaces in between. Use your mouse to copy it (or you can type it in if you like). This will give you an output containing the currently active Kernel’s version. Then open a terminal window and enter the below command to become the root. Step 1:First run your CentOS 6.5 virtual machine. So without any further delay, let us begin! ? …
If you are running CentOS 6.5 as the guest operating system under Windows 8.1 (the host) and looking for a way to install this pack, then this article is for you. Once installed, it enables tighter hardware integration between the host & the guest OS, after which, you would not actually be able to tell that you are logged into a virtual machine at all.
However, the by-default hardware integration between the host & the guest operating system, is not as tight as it is under VMware, at least in my experience.įor instance, if you were to run a GNU/Linux distribution such as CentOS, under Windows 8.1 (the host), then you might immediately notice that the mouse pointer movements are not quite responsive or sensitive, or that the screen resolution cannot be set to its maximum etc, compared to the host operating system.īut all these (& a couple more) drawbacks can be fixed by installing an additional VirtualBox software pack called the ‘Guest Additions’. Then VirtualBox Guest Additions install is ready.VirtualBox is a good operating system-level virtualization platform alternative when compared to other more popular utilities such as VMware, because it is free & open-source. VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced until the system is restarted VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules. Removing installed version 5.2.6 of VirtualBox Guest Additions. Uncompressing VirtualBox 5.2.8 Guest Additions for Linux. # 32-bit and 64-bit systems run following KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`-`uname -m`/build # Current running kernel on CentOS 5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5 # KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`/build Yum install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl On CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 7/6/5, EPEL repo is neededĭnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl Mount -r /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions # Fedora 21/20/19/18/17, CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5 #Ĭlick Devices > Install Guest Additions… on VirtualBox Make sure that you are running latest kernel Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL)Ģ. Note: Fedora 28 have build in VirtualBox Guest Additions, but if you still wan’t (some reason) install latest/development/different version of GA, then you can use this guide. Among the features provided by these VirtualBox Guest Additions are mouse pointer integration and arbitrary screen solutions (e.g. VirtualBox Guest Additions is special software that can be installed inside Linux virtual machines to improve performance and make integration much more seamless. This is guide, howto install Oracle VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL).