This is guide, howto install Oracle VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL).
This guide should work with Fedora 17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 6.3/6.2/6.1/6.0/5.8, Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8.
VirtualBox
Guest Additions is special software that can be installed inside Linux
virtual machines to improve performance and make integration much more
seamless. Among the features provided by these VirtualBox Guest
Additions are mouse pointer integration and arbitrary screen solutions
(e.g. by resizing the guest window).
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL)
//在CentOS和RedHat上安装Virtualbox增强功能
1. Change root user
//切换到超级用户
su - ## OR ##//或者 sudo -i
//挂在Virtualbox增强功能镜像
Click Devices > Install Guest Additions… on VirtualBox
3. Make sure that you are running latest kernel
//确保你运行最新的内核
Update virtual machine kernel and reboot
//升级虚拟机内核并重启
yum update kernel*
reboot
reboot
4. Install following packages
//安装下列包
yum install gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers
5. Add KERN_DIR environment variable
//添加KERN_DIR环境变量
## Current running kernel on Fedora ##
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
## Current running kernel on CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL) ##
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`-`uname -m`
## Fedora example ##
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.33.5-124.fc13.i686
## CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL) example ##
KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-194.11.1.el5-x86_64
## Export KERN_DIR ##
export KERN_DIR
6. Install Guest Additions
//安装Virtualbox增强功能
//这是我自己做的和原文不同
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Output looks like following:
Output looks like following:[root@fedora VBoxGuestAdditions]# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.1.6 Guest Additions for Linux......... VirtualBox Guest Additions installer Removing installed version 4.1.6 of VirtualBox Guest Additions... Removing existing VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [ OK ] Removing existing VirtualBox non-DKMS kernel modules [ OK ] Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules Building the main Guest Additions module [ OK ] Building the shared folder support module [ OK ] Building the OpenGL support module [ OK ] Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions [ OK ] You should restart your guest to make sure the new modules are actually used Installing the Window System drivers Installing X.Org Server 1.11 modules [ OK ] Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions [ OK ] You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions. Installing graphics libraries and desktop services componen[ OK ]
7. Reboot guest system
//重启系统
reboot
Then VirtualBox Guest Additions install is ready.
