VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO Download?
I have never realized how difficult it is to find the download page for the VirtualBox Guest additions, it is not accessible from the wiki, at this time... After some time spent on Google, here is the answer:
If you need to download an ISO image of VirtualBox Guest Additions, go to:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/
... and navigate to desired folder. The ISO image should be listed there.
Here goes the direct link for 2.2: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.2.0/VBoxGuestAdditions_2.2.0.iso
my VirtualBox downloaded it automatically!
Posted by sartek on April 10, 2009 at 11:39 AM PDT #
sartek: Yes, this could happen - it depends on how you installed it... Anyway, it is irrelevant - this post is for those who are looking for VirtualBox Guest Additions ISO download, right;)?
Posted by Petr Dvorak on April 13, 2009 at 05:26 AM PDT #
Thanks a lot!
Who the heck designed that Sun web site ??
It is sooooo difficult to find something usefull there.
Regards,
BT
Posted by Bernard Tremblay on April 24, 2009 at 06:51 AM PDT #
Many thanks for that. I was beginning to think I was having a very senior moment in being able to locate this iso file and it was good to realise that I was at least not alone.
Posted by sal1066 on April 24, 2009 at 12:26 PM PDT #
Many thanks for that.Thank you so much for this great article it's so useful
Posted by mkv converter on July 14, 2009 at 07:48 AM PDT #
Their website STINKS... now that Oracle owns them I'm wondering if it will get any better. Based on Oracle's software - probably not! and it's probably outsourced which would explain a lot!
Thank you very much for the information!
Posted by Playing IN Virtual on July 26, 2009 at 08:51 AM PDT #
Thank You!
(sartek: you're an idiot.)
Posted by SDGuy on August 22, 2009 at 02:56 PM PDT #
thx a lot...°°°
Posted by 86.193.28.238 on September 15, 2009 at 12:17 PM PDT #
Thanks! I was getting frustrated...
Posted by :) on September 18, 2009 at 02:50 PM PDT #
After looking for them for at least 2 hours... at last!
THANK YOU soooooo much!
Pet
Posted by Pierre Marchessault on September 27, 2009 at 03:24 AM PDT #
Thanx!!!
Posted by foolmeonce on October 16, 2009 at 04:50 PM PDT #
I agree its B.S. that there is no obvious useful link on the website to the guest additions, it just says 'use them they are available'. I just upgraded after the nag screen has been bugging me for weeks, and the V machine wouldn't start because it didn't like the old guest additions.
Instead of being productive I have to hunt this crap down. how I installed it is the Window host and Guest from the newer setup.exe.
Posted by Lee Studley on October 17, 2009 at 08:03 PM PDT #
Thanks, just what I needed!
Posted by Urano on November 06, 2009 at 05:45 PM PST #
The short link to the top of the download area so you can grab from the appropriate version you need:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/
Posted by Lee Studley on November 06, 2009 at 06:43 PM PST #
Lee: Yes, I mention the link in the post;)...
Everyone: I didn't expect this would be my most read article:-D...
Posted by 192.9.112.196 on November 09, 2009 at 01:45 AM PST #
Guys,
If you are using the free for personal use VirtualBox binaries, (as opposed to OSE) the guest additions are always installed with the product.
So you don't need to download anything.
Just type <hostkey>+D (or Devices...Install Guest Additions in the menu bar) in your guest window to mount the Guest Additions iso automatically.
Cheers
Andy
Posted by Andy Hall on November 12, 2009 at 02:36 AM PST #
Thanks for the clarification, Andy.
Anyway, I still don't understand why there is not a link "Complete Downloads Archive" on the Downloads page linking to the http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/ page. The change would take some 2 minutes...
I wrote this post as I was in the situation when I had VirtualBox installed, but there was no ISO image of the VBoxGuestAdditions... I didn't much care for why they aren't there - I needed get my job done.
--pd
Posted by Petr Dvorak on November 12, 2009 at 03:19 AM PST #
thank you !!!
Posted by achenge07 on November 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM PST #