The location can be overridden with the iso_path parameter in your Vagrantfile, and can point to a http serverĬ_path = '#/Downloads/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso'Ĭ_path = '$VBOX_VERSION/VBoxGuestAdditions.

Windows : %PROGRAMFILES%/Oracle/VirtualBox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso.

Mac : / Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso.

linux : /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso.

If it detects an outdated version, it will automatically install the matching version from the VirtualBox installation, located at # set auto_update to false, if do NOT want to check the correct additions In any case, it can be disabled in the Vagrantfile To install Virtualbox Guest Additions For Guest Windows OS (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell: > NOTE This package is likely a meta/virtual () or an installer (.install) or portable (.portable) application package. Note that it won’t be checked when resuming a box. Or if you installed vagrant using RubyGems ( gem install vagrant):īy default the plugin will check what version of the guest additions is installed in the VM every time it is started with vagrant start. Therefore if you installed Vagrant as a package (rpm, deb, dmg,…) Since vagrant v1.0.0 the prefered installation method for vagrant is using the provided packages or installers. Requires vagrant 0.9.4 or later (including 1.0) Then you probably have realized already how annoying is to keep the VBox guest additions up to date in your VMs.ĭon’t worry, you can update them with just one command or automatically on each start using the Vagrant-vbguest plugin. If you installed the guest additions ISO package from inside Ubuntu: sudo mount /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.So, are you already using Vagrant to manage your VirtualBox VMs? If you inserted the ISO image as a virtual CD: sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

I am going to assume you want to use mountpoint /mnt for that, but you can create a different mountpoint if you wish. Once you have made the ISO available by one of the above methods, you must mount it somewhere in the filesystem. Sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso On Ubuntu Server guest OSes, it does not even mount the virtual CD within the guest system.Īlternatively, you can download the ISO straight into the guest system from the repository, using sudo apt-get update

Note that does not actually install the guest addition components, it just makes the ISO available as a virtual CD. If you already downloaded a VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file to your host filesystem, you should be able to install the image from the VM's Devices menu using Insert Guest Additions CD Image.

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