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How to Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Linux Mint

Enable bidirectional shared clipboard between host and guest OS, so you can copy and paste stuff between them.

The screen resolution of guest OS can be automatically adjusted and 3D graphics can be accelerated.

Power up the graphics/video ability of the guest OS.

Allow guest OS to have read and write access to hard drives on the host OS, so you can transfer files between them.

Enable users to seamlessly move mouse pointer between host and guest OS.

VirtualBox guest additions provide the following capabilities: I’m using Debian 10 Buster as the host OS, but the following method works for any host OS (including MacOS and Windows). To follow this tutorial, you need to have Linux Mint installed inside VirtualBox as a guest OS. This will allow you to copy and paste between your virtual and host machines, useful when you want to copy outputs from one device to the other.In this tutorial I will show you how to install VirtualBox guest additions in Linux Mint virtual machine. This will improve the performance of your virtual machine by taking advantage of your PC’s 3D hardware and allow you to resize your desktop resolution!Īnother feature this unlocks is the shared clipboard, which you can activate in Devices > Shared Clipboard. Once this is complete, you will need to restart your virtual machine for the new features to take effect.Ĭlose the machine, but before you start it up again, return to the Settings menu and change the Graphics Controller back to VMSVGA and Enable 3D Acceleration. The disc will appear inside your virtual desktop and you will be prompted to run the software. This will prompt you to download the Guest Additions disk image file.

To install Guest Additions, you need to complete your installation of Ubuntu in your virtual machine and boot to the desktop.įrom there, select Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD. This includes better integration between your virtual machine and the host machine, as well as improved video support that enables the display resolution options when using VMSVGA.

Guest Additions is an extra piece of software that unlocks some more advanced features of VirtualBox.