remove virtualbox guest additions ubuntu guest

Shut down the VM and restart, and your VirtualBox VM should resize dynamically like you’re used to, and be able to copy/paste between host and guest and vice versa. When it boots back up, in the VirtualBox guest window click on Devices -> Install Guest Additions and follow the prompts. This command makes your Guest Additions install so happy it actually succeeds: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic Sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest-additions If you have already installed them, uninstall them either from n and uninstall from the mounted disc or if you installed from apt-get, just run the You can do it now, if you want, but it’s just going to be pointless and cause you pain. DO NOT INSTALL GUEST ADDITIONS UNTIL THE END.iso from installed onto VirtualBox 4.24.r81684. I assume this will be fixed shortly, but in the meantime, do this and you’ll be good to go.įor what it’s worth, I’m on Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate host, with the newest Ubuntu Desktop 12.10. I like my VM to scale when I change dimensions of the window, I like to copy/paste between the host/guest, and I expect that to work.

I had the unfortunate annoyance of trying to get Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 Guest Additions working on VirtualBox 4.24, which have a strong desire to NOT install linux kernel headers. Ubuntu Desktop 12.10 Guest Additions on Virtualbox Fri, Nov 2, 2012

Remove virtualbox guest additions ubuntu guest