This guide will take you through how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora 36. The VirtualBox Guest Additions are a set of device drivers and system software that improve the performance and usability of the operating system. Mouse pointer integration and arbitrary screen solutions are some of the features provided by these VirtualBox Guest Additions.
How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora 36
- Update your system.
sudo dnf update- Update your system kernel.
sudo dnf update kernel*- Reboot to apply changes.
reboot- Install the following packages after rebooting.
sudo dnf install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzip2 perl libxcrypt-compatSample output
Last metadata expiration check: 1:46:25 ago on Fri 10 Jun 2022 11:00:21 PM EAT. Package gcc-12.1.1-1.fc36.x86_64 is already installed. Package kernel-headers-5.17.11-300.fc36.x86_64 is already installed. Package make-1:4.3-7.fc36.x86_64 is already installed. Package bzip2-1.0.8-11.fc36.x86_64 is already installed. Package libxcrypt-compat-4.4.28-1.fc36.x86_64 is already installed. 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- Create an environment variable for the kernel directory.
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`- Next export the kernel directory environment variable.
export KERN_DIR- Mount Virtual Box Guest Additions by clicking on the Devices tab on the VirtualBox then on the drop-down that will display click Insert Guest Additions CD image…
- Open terminal inside mounted CD image by right-clicking.
- Then run the following command to install.
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.runSample output
Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 6.1.34 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 Copying additional installer modules ... Installing additional modules ... VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting. VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules. This may take a while. VirtualBox Guest Additions: To build modules for other installed kernels, run VirtualBox Guest Additions: /sbin/rcvboxadd quicksetup VirtualBox Guest Additions: or VirtualBox Guest Additions: /sbin/rcvboxadd quicksetup all VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the modules for kernel 5.17.13-300.fc36.x86_64. VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced until the system is restarted
- Reboot your system to apply changes.
reboot- It’s a wrap, you have made it to the end of our article. You have gone through how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora 36.
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