This detailed beginners guide shows you how to install Windows 10 in a VirtualBox in Linux. I regularly encourage people to use Linux and when I give reasons to. During the guest additions installation, when prompted if you would like to install drivers, click the Install button. Once youve installed the guest additions. How To Install Virtualbox Additions Linux' title='How To Install Virtualbox Additions Linux' />How to install Virtual. Box Guest Additions on a GUI less Ubuntu server host. Image i. Stockpixelparticle. Virtual machines VMs have become a staple of the data center. With VMs, you can spin up as many servers as your host hardware will allow. But even when you have some pretty beefy hardware, you want to get as much performance out of those VMs as possiblethats why you should always consider performance when creating a new VM. For some reason, Virtualbox isnt included in the Debian 9 repository. This tutorial shows how to install VirtualBox on Debian 9 Stretch. One way to gain more performance, as well as features such as folder sharing between guest and host, is to install the Virtual. Box Guest Additions. For a host that includes a GUI, its as simple as starting the host, clicking Devices Insert Guest Additions CD image, and then following the steps. Unfortunately, installing this package on a GUI less Linux server isnt as straightforward. Install Mysql On Solaris 10 X86 64Bit. Here are the steps to install this package on a Ubuntu server with no GUI. Installing the Guest Additions on a GUI less server. Start Virtual. Box. Start the host in question. Once the host has booted, click Devices Insert Guest Additions CD Image. Log in to your guest server. Mount the CD ROM with the command sudo mount devcdrom mediacdrom. Change into the mounted directory with the command cd mediacdrom. Install the necessary dependencies with the command sudo apt get install y dkms build essential linux headers generic linux headers uname r. Change to the root user with the command sudo su. Install the Guest Additions package with the command. VBox. Linux. Additions. Allow the installation to complete. You will see an error stating that the installer couldnt find the X. Org or XFree. 86 Window Systemthats okay, because it doesnt exist on this host. Reboot your machine, and the Guest Additions will be working. You should see a bit of a performance increase, as well as the extra features shared clipboard, shared folders, and more awarded by this installation. SEE Quick glossary Virtualization Tech Pro ResearchVerifying the loaded module. If you want to verify the Guest Additions installation was successful, issue the command lsmod grep io vboxguest. You should see an output similar to whats shown in Figure A. Figure AVboxguest is present and working. You can issue the command modinfo vboxguest to view the details about the module Figure B. Figure BViewing details for the vboxguest module. Congrats You have successfully installed the Virtual. Box Guest Additions package on a GUI less Linux host.