Install VirtualBox Extension Pack on VirtualBox 6. Install and Configure Endian Firewall on VirtualBox Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Debian 10 Buster Related TutorialsĪutoStart VirtualBox VMs on System Boot on Linux After enabling OpenGL acceleration as described above, reboot the guest into safe mode (press F8 before the Windows screen appears but after the Virtualbox screen disappears), and install Virtualbox guest additions >, during install enable checkbox 'Direct3D support'. You have successfully set the CentOS 8 full-screen display on VirtualBox. These libraries are now part of Virtualbox guest additions software. When the system boots, you should be on full-screen view.Ĭongratulations. Once the installation completes, reboot the system to effect the changes. While mounting the guest additions image, you are prompted whether to automatically run the installation.Ĭlick run and authenticate so as to run the installer with administrative privileges (If you are logged in as non-root user).
Install Guest Additions via the GUIĬlick Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image on the Menu bar to mount the VirtualBox guest addition iso file on a CentOS 8 VM. VirtualBox Guest Additions: modprobe vboxsf failed You may need to restart the Window System (or just restart. VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced until the system is restarted VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting. The 5.2.1 guest additions failed as well. Hence, navigate to the mount directory and execute the Linux guest addition installer cd /run/media/. Same issue on Arch current with CentOS 7 guest. This will mount the guest addition installers under the /run/media/ directory. To install VirtualBox guest additions via the terminal, you need to mount the guest additions image file by executing the command sudo mount /dev/cdrom /run/media/ VirtualBox guest additions can be installed via the command line or via GUI Install Guest Additions via the Terminal Now, proceed to install guest additions on CentOS 8. Next, reboot the system and verify the kernel versions again.
If they do not match, update your kernel by running dnf update kernel-*
You can verify by running the commands below. First start by enabling the EPEL repository on your CentOS/RHEL guest operating system to install some required packages needed for the installation process as shown.
Next, install the kernel headers and build tools by executing the command below dnf install dkms kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc make bzip2 perl elfutils-libelf-develīefore you can proceed, ensure that the version of kernel-devel installed does match the version of your running kernel. How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions in CentOS 1. Some of the required tools are available on the EPEL repos, hence begin by installing the EPEL repos on CentOS 8 dnf install epel-release Install Kernel Headers and Required Build ToolsĪfter mounting ISO file, be sure to install the kernel headers and required build tools.