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Installing Virtual Box Guest Additions
Installing the Guest Additions on a GUI-less server
Start VirtualBox.
Start the host in question.
Once the host has booted, click Devices | Insert Guest Additions CD Image.
Log in to your guest server.
Mount the CD-ROM with the command sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom.
Change into the mounted directory with the command cd /media/cdrom.
Install the necessary dependencies with the command sudo apt-get install -y dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r).
Change to the root user with the command sudo su.
Install the Guest Additions package with the command ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run.
Allow the installation to complete.
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