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<title>Installing the Linux Guest Additions</title>
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<p>To install the guest additions:</p>
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<p>Prepare your guest system for building external kernel modules. Follow the steps in <xref href="externalkernelmodules.dita#externalkernelmodules"/>, on your Linux VM instead of on a Linux host system.</p>
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<p>Insert the <filepath>VBoxGuestAdditions.iso</filepath> CD file into your Linux guest's virtual CD-ROM drive. See <xref href="guestadd-install.dita"/>.</p>
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<p>Change to the directory where your CD-ROM drive is mounted and run the following command as root:</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve">sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run</pre>
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<p>If you suspect that something has gone wrong, check that your VM is set up correctly and run the following command as root:<pre xml:space="preserve">rcvboxadd setup</pre></p>
<p>To check if drivers were loaded, and the versions of the loaded drivers match the installation version of the Guest Additions, run the following command as root: <pre xml:space="preserve">rcvboxadd status-kernel</pre>To check if the VBoxService is running, run the following command as root: <pre xml:space="preserve">rcvboxadd status-user</pre></p>
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