Install Guest Additions in Linux too....!!

Well, we had installed add-ons on windows while working virtually. Still, there are many who love to use Linux. For them, follow these steps. I tried these in Ubuntu 11.10. So, I’ll provide screen shots from Ubuntu itself.


1. Go to Devices and select “Install Guest Additions.”, when Ubuntu appears before you.


2. When you click it a new dialog box will appear titled, ”VBOXADDITIONS”,  there you press OK       and then click on Run.


3. It’ll prompt for the administrator password, if you have any.

4. With this go, the add-ons will be installed in your linux. When this is installed, press return key and re-start your PC. (not only Ubuntu, but your main PC too.)






(This VirtualBox Guest Additions Installation Dialog Box will appear different in different PCs. Don’t bother about that.).




EXPERIENCE THE DIFFERENCE..!!!

Have Guest Additions Installed.....!

Running a 16 and lower bits applications in a 64-bit operating system (preferably Win7) is not feasible. To solve this issue we have various Virtual Box Softwares which enable us to install earlier versions of windows or any other operating system virtually. The lightest virtualisation application is “Oracle Virtual Box”.

Before installing Add-On.

Now what happens, many of us know how to install and use it. But, the maximum resolution which it provides by default is 1024x800, due to which maximum system with 1300x768 much of resolution looks not so good. Well, try doing this.

When you have installed the OS virtually, have the following steps:

1. Go to devices and select the “Install Guest Additions...”

2.  From the welcome window, have next button selected and then choose your “Destination Folder”, click on next.

3. With the new window select the components to be installed, better select all the add-ons.

4. Finally have the installation process completed.

After installing Add-On.

As it was installed, the resolution will automatically be set to the best. A new drive will appear beside the main hard drive partition in your computer that confirms the successful installation of the add-on.

In VMware Workstation and other heavy projects like such, these add-ons gets already installed in your system while you install the software. But ya, they are really very heavy and needs lots of RAM to run smoothly.

Its clear from the pictures that you have better resolutions after installing the Guest Additions. Experience the Difference!