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VirtualBox VM
Guest Additions
- To upgrade the Guest Additions after upgrading the VirtualBox version, download the guest additions pack, shut down all virtual machines then start VirtualBox as root
sudo virtualbox
- After installing the Guest Additions, close VirtualBox and restart it under your user account
Install Guest Additions on a Debian 11 host
- The following steps need to be taken inside the VM
- Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list.d:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main contrib
- Install virtualbox-guest-dkms, kernel headers, and, optionally, virtualbox-guest-x11 (for the graphical guest utilities):
sudo apt update sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- Reboot the guest system.