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1 CentOS 7 VirtualBox Guest Additions Installation Tutorial
2 Install VirtualBox Guest Additions

CentOS 7 VirtualBox Guest Additions Installation Tutorial

In the following tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to install Guest Additions on your VirtualBox hosted CentOS 7 Minimal machine.
Although this tutorial is intended for CentOS 7 minimal, it’s will probably also work on other CentOS releases.

Update your VirtualBox

VirtualBox 4.3.12 or later is required for support in CentOS 7.x, So if you’re using older version of VirtualBox – it’s time for you to upgrade.

Update and Reboot system

After successful installation of your new and shining CentOS box,

Important Before anything!, I’d advice you to update your CentOS & reboot:

yum update
reboot

After, also try to update your kernel and reboot:

yum update kernel
reboot

You will need to be the root user for the following routine or “su -”

Prerequisities

In order to compile the guest additions you have to install make, gcc, kernel-devel in order to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions installation script.

yum install gcc make kernel-devel

OR, I’ll recommend installing the entire “Developer tools” group which will help you to avoid a lot of trouble later:

yum groupinstall "Development tools"
yum install kernel-devel

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions

Mount your guest additions:

Type at command::

cd /mnt
mkdir cdrom && mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd cdrom && ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

If everything “OK” – You have Guest Additions properly installed on your Centos (Minimal) machine. now Reboot:

reboot

That’s it!

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13 thoughts on “CentOS 7 VirtualBox Guest Additions Installation”

Masa February 4, 2015 at 05:30

Thanks to this article, the same problem I had has been cleared!

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Nightmare March 22, 2015 at 10:40

thanks buddy. problem solved 😉

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aBBy March 30, 2015 at 00:48

Bravo! Thank you for this post. This saved my day indeed. Was struggling with resolution.

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Ed Eichman June 3, 2015 at 17:12

Just what I needed. Thanks!

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James July 24, 2015 at 10:31

I love your brian.

Can i marry it . 😀

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jose cisneros December 10, 2015 at 06:34

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!! THANKS A LOT!!!!!

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Dark-Sagittarius January 3, 2016 at 07:30

I have read to install dkms package for automatic kernel modules’ recompilation after kernel updates. Is it necessary in a centos minimal installation?
source: https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Virtualization/VirtualBox/CentOSguest

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how-stop-snoring.eu February 6, 2017 at 15:17

Wow that was unusual. I jjust wrote an really lokng
comment but after I cliccked submit my comment didn’t appear.
Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyhow, just wanted to say wonderful blog!

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Andres April 16, 2017 at 15:42

Great !!! It worked for me … using Windows 10 as Host, CentOS 7 (1611) as guest. VBox is 5.1.18
Thanks!!!!!!
Andres

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Ian Sebryk January 26, 2018 at 07:29

how, how, how did you get this working?? i am also running Win10 host and CentOS 7 guest. but the install tanks right as it is building the guest kernel modules. it stops there. for the life of me, i don’t know where to go from there and i’m sick of staring at tiny 800×600 box on my 4k monitor! >:(

i have installed all the devtools and dkms. argh! 😛

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InitRota July 30, 2017 at 09:22

Kosmetyki homeopatyczne – profesjonalne kosmetyki.

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OpenCode September 4, 2017 at 09:45

install process needs bzip2

(Before)
yum install gcc make kernel-devel

(new)
yum install gcc make kernel-devel bzip2

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drlink March 27, 2018 at 04:34

thankyou mister

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Masa February 4, 2015 at 05:30

Thanks to this article, the same problem I had has been cleared!

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Nightmare March 22, 2015 at 10:40

thanks buddy. problem solved 😉

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aBBy March 30, 2015 at 00:48

Bravo! Thank you for this post. This saved my day indeed. Was struggling with resolution.

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Ed Eichman June 3, 2015 at 17:12

Just what I needed. Thanks!

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James July 24, 2015 at 10:31

I love your brian.

Can i marry it . 😀

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jose cisneros December 10, 2015 at 06:34

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!! THANKS A LOT!!!!!

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Dark-Sagittarius January 3, 2016 at 07:30

I have read to install dkms package for automatic kernel modules’ recompilation after kernel updates. Is it necessary in a centos minimal installation?
source: https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Virtualization/VirtualBox/CentOSguest

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how-stop-snoring.eu February 6, 2017 at 15:17

Wow that was unusual. I jjust wrote an really lokng
comment but after I cliccked submit my comment didn’t appear.
Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Anyhow, just wanted to say wonderful blog!

Reply ↓
Andres April 16, 2017 at 15:42

Great !!! It worked for me … using Windows 10 as Host, CentOS 7 (1611) as guest. VBox is 5.1.18
Thanks!!!!!!
Andres

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1. Ian Sebryk January 26, 2018 at 07:29
  
  how, how, how did you get this working?? i am also running Win10 host and CentOS 7 guest. but the install tanks right as it is building the guest kernel modules. it stops there. for the life of me, i don’t know where to go from there and i’m sick of staring at tiny 800×600 box on my 4k monitor! >:(
  
  i have installed all the devtools and dkms. argh! 😛
  
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InitRota July 30, 2017 at 09:22

Kosmetyki homeopatyczne – profesjonalne kosmetyki.

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OpenCode September 4, 2017 at 09:45

install process needs bzip2

(Before)
yum install gcc make kernel-devel

(new)
yum install gcc make kernel-devel bzip2

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drlink March 27, 2018 at 04:34

thankyou mister

Reply ↓