Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on a headless server

install-vbox-guest-additions.sh

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.12/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.12.iso
sudo mkdir /media/iso
sudo mount -o loop ./VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.12.iso /media/iso
sudo bash /media/iso/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --nox11
sudo umount /media/iso

thanks! worked like a charm using windows 8 as a host and ubuntu 14 as a guest (headless) 👍

这样真的好吗

👍 Why they don't put a link to the guest additions ISO on their downloads page, I have no idea...

@zbeekman Because it's already available at /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso !

Thank you for that for providing a link to the ISO.

Was banging my head against the wall wasting time on all these supposed "non-GUI" tutorials always end up giving instructions on how to click on the menu option in the GUI.

Also, anyone ever known a repo (Debian is preferable) for installing the guest additions without having to install all the linux kernel building packages? trying to keep my VM guest light

Spoke too soon....seems there are some packages under the URI's folder... https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.12/ (most recent's at https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.18/)