Installing Guest Additions For Osgeo8

Installing Guest additions

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms
sudo apt-get install dkms
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-utils
cd /media
ls
cd user/
ls
cd VBOXADDITIONS_4.3.10_93012/
sudo apt-get install gcc 
sudo apt-get install make
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run 
sudo reboot now

Accessing a shared drive

sudo adduser user vboxsf

(in general for each user do: sudo adduser vboxsf)

Written on March 11, 2015