In today’s guide, We’ll show you how to install Virtual Box Guest Additions on Garuda | Endeavour operating systems. The VirtualBox Guest Additions are a set of utilities that may be installed within a virtual machine. They are made up of device drivers and system programs that improve the performance and usability of the guest operating system.
VirtualBox Guest Additions Features
Below are the features of VirtualBox Guest Additions:
- Seamless windows: With this capability, individual windows from the virtual machine’s desktop may be mapped to the host’s desktop, as if the underlying program were truly running on the host.
- Oracle VM VirtualBox may guarantee that the guest’s system time is better synced with that of the host by installing the Guest Additions.
- Shared folders: These make it simple for the host and the visitor to share files.
- Integration of the mouse pointer: Provides seamless mouse support. You won’t need to hit the Host key to release the mouse from the guest OS’s grasp.
- It has improved video support: As if you had explicitly selected an arbitrary resolution in the visitor’s Display settings, the video resolution in the guest will be automatically changed.
- The clipboard of the guest operating system can be shared with your host operating system if you have the Guest Additions installed.
- Automated guest logins are possible thanks to the Guest Addition modules.
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Garuda or Endeavour OS
Follow the steps below to install Virtualbox guest additions on both Garuda and Endeavour Linux.
We are going to install Virtualbox Guest Additions using two method:
- Using Garuda | Endeavour provided packages.
- Installing Virtualbox Guest Additions manually.
Method 1: Use Garuda | Endeavour provided Packages
First update the system packages to the latest version:
sudo pacman -SyuReboot your system:
sudo rebootNow, install virtualbox-guest-utils package:
sudo pacman -S virtualbox-guest-utilsAccept the installation prompt to proceed:
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (1) virtualbox-guest-utils-7.1.6-1
Total Installed Size: 4.57 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.46 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] yReboot your machine after installation:
sudo rebootMethod 2: Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Garuda | Endeavour OS Manually
To install Virtualbox Guest Additions manually, Check the list of installed Linux kernels to see which one is active:
$ mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 6.10.13-3-MANJARO (linux610)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux610The above output shows that linux610 kernel headers is installed in our system.
On top of the VM navigate to Devices -> Insert Guest Additions CD Image…
Check the disk mount point VirtualBox Guest:
$ df -hT
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev devtmpfs 1.3G 0 1.3G 0% /dev
run tmpfs 1.3G 1.3M 1.3G 1% /run
/dev/sda1 btrfs 31G 8.1G 23G 27% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1.3G 0 1.3G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 1.3G 4.0K 1.3G 1% /tmp
/dev/sda1 btrfs 31G 8.1G 23G 27% /srv
/dev/sda1 btrfs 31G 8.1G 23G 27% /home
tmpfs tmpfs 1.3G 432K 1.3G 1% /home/guest
/dev/sda1 btrfs 31G 8.1G 23G 27% /root
/dev/sda1 btrfs 31G 8.1G 23G 27% /var/tmp
/dev/sda1 btrfs 31G 8.1G 23G 27% /var/log
/dev/sda1 btrfs 31G 8.1G 23G 27% /var/cache
tmpfs tmpfs 262M 96K 262M 1% /run/user/1000
/dev/sr0 iso9660 59M 59M 0 100% /run/media/cloudspinx/VBox_GAs_7.1.6
/dev/sda1 btrfs 31G 8.1G 23G 27% /run/timeshift/backupChange to VirtualBox Guest additions disk mount point:
cd /run/media/frank/VBox_GAs_*/Check the installation scripts in the directory:
$ ls -l
dr-xr-xr-x - cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:51 cert
dr-xr-xr-x - cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:51 NT3x
dr-xr-xr-x - cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:51 OS2
.r--r--r-- 763 cloudspinx 13 Feb 2020 AUTORUN.INF
.r-xr-xr-x 6.4k cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:44 autorun.sh
.r-xr-xr-x 4.8k cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:44 runasroot.sh
.r--r--r-- 547 cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:51 TRANS.TBL
.r--r--r-- 4.0M cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:47 VBoxDarwinAdditions.pkg
.r-xr-xr-x 3.9k cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:44 VBoxDarwinAdditionsUninstall.tool
.r-xr-xr-x 7.4M cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:45 VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
.r--r--r-- 9.4M cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:42 VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg
.r-xr-xr-x 17M cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:48 VBoxWindowsAdditions-amd64.exe
.r-xr-xr-x 10.0M cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:46 VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86.exe
.r-xr-xr-x 271k cloudspinx 13 Feb 19:45 VBoxWindowsAdditions.exeInstall VirtualBox Guest Additions by running VBoxLinuxAdditions.run script:
$ sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
[sudo] password for cloudspinx:
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 7.1.6 Guest Additions for Linux........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
This system appears to have a version of the VirtualBox Guest Additions
already installed. If it is part of the operating system and kept up-to-date,
there is most likely no need to replace it. If it is not up-to-date, you
should get a notification when you start the system. If you wish to replace
it with this version, please do not continue with this installation now, but
instead remove the current version first, following the instructions for the
operating system.
If your system simply has the remains of a version of the Additions you could
not remove you should probably continue now, and these will be removed during
installation.
Do you wish to continue? [yes or no]
yes
...Reboot the system after installation:
sudo rebootBasic Usage of Virtualbox Guest Additions on Garuda | Endeavour OS
Shared Folders
You can choose the folders to be shared between the host and the guest OS:
Shared Clipboard
Clipboard between the host and guest is shared.
Full Screen Mode
With the Virtualbox Guest Additions, you can easily toggle the full screen mode in your guest OS.
Conclusion
In this post we’ve covered how you can install and use VirtualBox Guest Additions on Garuda | Endeavour OS. We hope this guide was of help to you. Drop us a comment if you encounter any issues.
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