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How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on CentOS 7?
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions On your Virtualbox window navigate to Devices–>Insert Guest Additions CD image… Click on Run to start the Guest Additions installation. Enter your administrative password. VirtualBox Guest Additions on CentOS 7 Linux
Where do I find vboxlinuxadditions in Yum list?
When I try to run VBoxLinuxAdditions.run I get an error that “The headers for the current running kernel were not found” and suggesting I do yum install kernel-devel-3.10.0-327.10.1.el7.x86_64. Yet yum list kernel-devel shows that is already installed (as is kernel-headers and the appropriate version).
Why are kernel headers not found on CentOS 7?
Prompted by https://serverfault.com/questions/613256/trying-to-remove-packages-with-yum-however-it-is-failing I did some clean up then yum list no longer showed kenel-devel so I installed it and /usr/src/kernels/ is no longer empty and installing the Guest Additions succeeds. I solved the problem using this:
Why are Guest Additions not working on CentOS 7?
If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate feedback. The mouse cursor being invisible caused me to reinstall Centos 7, a slightly different version, and the invisible mouse persisted, but getting Guest Additions to work is the current problem I’m working on. Thanks for any help! Joined: 31.
How do I add VirtualBox to my Virtual Machine?
Go ahead and attach the VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO as a device to the virtual machines storage. This is basically emulating a CD being inserted into our virtual machine. A few commands need to be ran in order to prepare CentOS for the VirtualBox Guest Additions install.
Why do I need to install VirtualBox in Ubuntu?
VirtualBox Guest Additions are software (typically device drivers and other special system applications) that enable seamless integration between the host and guest systems. They help you make the best out of your guest operating system for better performance and usability. Read Also: How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu
How to install VirtualBox on CentOS, RHEL and Fedora?
From the CentOS, RHEL and Fedora guest machine settings, go to General => Advanced and enable these two options from there, click on the drop down options to select an option. Once you are done, click on OK to save the settings and boot your guest OS and confirm that the changes you have just made are working as expected.