VirtualBox : Install GuestAdditions2019/12/18 |
Install [GuestAdditions] into a Virtual Machine to improve Virtual Machine's System Performance.
On the example below, it shows to install [GuestAdditions] on a Virtual Machine [CentOS_8]. |
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[1] | Attach [GuestAdditions]' disk to the VM on VirtualBox Host. The target VM must be stopped. |
[root@dlp ~]# VBoxManage storageattach CentOS_8 \
--storagectl CentOS_8_SATA \ --port 0 \ --type dvddrive \ --medium /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso |
[2] | Start the VM and login to it, then Install [GuestAdditions] on it. |
# install required packages first
[root@guest ~]#
[root@guest mnt]#
dnf -y install gcc make bzip2 kernel-devel elfutils-libelf-devel
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[3] | After installing [GuestAdditions], System Performance will be improved. |
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