VirtualBox guest additions: Difference between revisions

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VirtualBox Guest Additions provide kernel modules for VirtualBox virtualized hardware and userspace daemons for features like shared clipboard and automatic resolution setting.

Installation

Install virtualbox-guest-additions. Additionally, install virtualbox-guest-additions-x11 if you are going to use graphical environment (including wayland) in your Alpine guest.

Enabling VirtualBox Guest Additions

Start and enable virtualbox-guest-additions service:

# rc-service virtualbox-guest-additions start # rc-update add virtualbox-guest-additions boot

If you are using a graphical environment, also start and enable virtualbox-drm-client service:

# rc-service virtualbox-drm-client start # rc-update add virtualbox-drm-client default

Enabling Shared Clipboard

If Shared Clipboard doesn't work out of the box, try to run

# VBoxClient --clipboard

It might need root privileges. It was mentioned here

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-=How to install VirtualBox guest additions=
+VirtualBox Guest Additions provide kernel modules for VirtualBox virtualized hardware and userspace daemons for features like shared clipboard and automatic resolution setting.
-First install [https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/package/testing/x86/virtualbox-additions-grsec virtualbox-additions-grsec]:
+== Installation ==
-{{Cmd|apk add virtualbox-additions-grsec}}
+Install {{Pkg|virtualbox-guest-additions}}. Additionally, install {{Pkg|virtualbox-guest-additions-x11}} if you are going to use graphical environment (including wayland) in your Alpine guest.
-The following error may occur:
+== Enabling VirtualBox Guest Additions ==
-{{Cmd|ERROR: unsatisfiable constraints:
+Start and enable <code>virtualbox-guest-additions</code> service:
-   virtualbox-additions-grsec (missing):
+{{cmd|# rc-service virtualbox-guest-additions start
-      required by: world[virtualbox-additions-grsec]}}
+&#35; rc-update add virtualbox-guest-additions boot}}
-If the error occurs, then you need to enable the alpine testing repo:
+If you are using a graphical environment, also start and enable <code>virtualbox-drm-client</code> service:
-{{Cmd|echo "http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing" >> /etc/apk/repositories}}
+{{cmd|# rc-service virtualbox-drm-client start
+&#35; rc-update add virtualbox-drm-client default}}
-Then update respository indexes from all remote repositories, and install <code>virtualbox-additions-grsec</code>
+== Enabling Shared Clipboard ==
+If Shared Clipboard doesn't work out of the box, try to run
-{{Cmd|apk update
+{{cmd|# VBoxClient --clipboard}}
-apk add virtualbox-additions-grsec}}
+It might need root privileges.
+It was mentioned [https://lists.alpinelinux.org/~alpine/users/%3C2949ecf5-3450-47ec-0e0e-f14e8fdcd6af%40gmail.com%3E here]
-Then add <code>vboxpci</code>,<code>vboxdrv</code>, and <code>vboxnetflt</code> to <code>/etc/modules</code>:
-{{Cmd|echo vboxpci >> /etc/modules
-echo vboxdrv >> /etc/modules
-echo vboxnetflt >> /etc/modules}}
-And reboot to put these changes into effect.
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