The Guest Additions are designed to be installed inside a virtual machine after the guest operating system has been installed. \
They consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability.
# Introduction to Virtualbox Guest Additions #
The Guest Additions are designed to be installed inside a virtual machine after the guest operating system has been installed. They consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability.
## Features Of Virtualbox Guest Additions ##
## Features of Virtualbox Guest Additions ##
***Mouse pointer integration**
* Pressing the Host key is no longer required to "free" the mouse from being captured by the guest OS.
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***Better video support**
* While the virtual graphics card which VirtualBox emulates for any guest operating system provides all the basic features, the custom video drivers that are installed with the Guest Additions provide you with extra high and non-standard video modes as well as accelerated video performance.
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__(Generally used for changing monitor resolution)__
**(Generally used for changing monitor resolution)**
***Seamless windows**
* With this feature, the individual windows that are displayed on the desktop of the virtual machine can be mapped on the host's desktop, as if the underlying application was actually running on the host.
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***Shared clipboard**
* Shared clipboard from host to Parrot.
For more infomations, check the [VirtualBox manual](https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html).
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# Guest Additions Installation(s) #
## Method 1 (Easiest) ##
**1.** Open a terminal and update your packages list from the repository with
## Guest Additions Installation(s) ##
sudo apt update
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**2.** Install the Guest Additions from Parrot OS repository with
sudo apt install -y virtualbox-guest-utils
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**3.** And install the last package with
sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-x11
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**4.** When the installation is completed, you can reboot your machine with
sudo reboot
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**5.** Check if Guest Additions are correctly installed by running
sudo /usr/sbin/VBoxService -V
## Method 2 (From ISO) ##
**1.** On Virtual Machine menu bar, select `Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image...`.
**2.** VirtualBox will not find the Guest Additions and for this it will ask you to download them, click on *Download*. We recommend adding an additional secondary optical drive, because once the guest additions are downloaded, they will be mounted on a second drive.
\\**5.** Check if Guest Additions are correctly installed by running ''sudo /usr/sbin/VBoxService -V'' \\
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### Method 2 (From ISO) ###
Click on "**insert**". If it returns an error (maybe it can't mount the iso you just downloaded, then turn off the virtual machine, and return to the main VirtualBox screen, go to *Setting > Storage*, here add another optical drive (make sure it is secondary so as not to give problems in booting the distro).
**1.** On Virtual Machine menu bar, select ''Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image...'' \\
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\\**2.** Login as root by using ''sudo su'', and insert your current user password \\
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**3.** Then go to the Guest Addition ISO folder, and here open a terminal and give
\\**3.** Enter the CDROM directory by using ''cd /media/cdrom0/'' \\
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sudo chmod +x VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
\\**4.** Copy the Guest Additions file to "/root" directory with ''cp VBoxLinuxAdditions.run ~'' \\
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Once done it, execute
\\**5.** Enter the "/root" directory with ''cd ~'' \\
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sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
\\**6.** Give the permission for execute "+x" to "VBoxLinuxAdditions.run" by using ''chmod +x VBoxLinuxAdditions.run'' \\
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\\**7.** Execute "VBoxLinuxAdditions.run" with ''./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run'' \\
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**4.** Wait for the installation process. At installation completed, reboot the virtual machine with
\\**8.** At installation completed, reboot the virtual machine with ''reboot'' \\
