Time for action – installing Guest Additions on Linux Ubuntu

In this exercise, I'll show you how to install Guest Additions on your Linux Ubuntu virtual machine. I'm using a Windows XP host, but it doesn't matter if you're using Windows, Linux, or Solaris as the host operating system because the process to install Guest Additions on a Linux virtual machine is nearly the same!

1. Open VirtualBox, and start your UbuntuVB virtual machine. After logging into Ubuntu with your user account, open a terminal window, and type sudo apt-get install dkms, followed by Enter. Then follow the instructions on screen to install the DKMS package. Once installed, close the terminal window.

2. Select Devices | Install Guest Additions from the VirtualBox menu:

   

3. VirtualBox will mount the Guest Additions ISO file on your virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive, and the VBOXADDITIONS icon will appear on your desktop.

4. Now open a terminal window, and type cd /media/cdrom followed by Enter to change to the CD-ROM directory containing...