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Created March 25, 2019 04:20
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el7-install-vboxgav.sh
# You can run this script directly with the following command:
# Append your version number after "| sudo bash -s" ; Example- "| sudo bash -s 6.0.4"
# curl -s https://gist.githubusercontent.com/boktai1000/ef9091d76fcd151e5a9b18d25705dcc4/raw/df0bea473765ef72f623513e3114781467e23b86/el7-install-vboxgav.sh | sudo bash -s
# Set VirtualBox Variable so argument from command line gets passed through
VBOX_VERSION=$1
# Install prereqs
yum install -y bzip2 kernel-devel gcc
# Change to temp directory and download VboxGuestAdditions
cd /tmp
curl -O http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/$VBOX_VERSION/VBoxGuestAdditions_$VBOX_VERSION.iso
# Mount and run iso
mount -o loop,ro VBoxGuestAdditions_$VBOX_VERSION.iso /mnt
sh /mnt/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
# Cleanup
umount /mnt
rm /tmp/VBoxGuestAdditions_$VBOX_VERSION.iso
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