Download the VBox Guest Additions CD image
Step #1Check Virtualbox version. Open the Help Menu and click "About Virtualbox ..." and your Virtualbox Version will be shown at the bottom of the pop-up box.
Step #2 Open the following link http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/
Step #3 Click on the link that matches your version of virtualbox.
(I have the version 4.3.12 of Virtualbox, so I would click on the "4.3.12" link/folder.)
Step #4 Download the cd image by clicking on the VboxGuestAdditions xyz.iso where xyz matches your version of Virtualbox.
(In my case the file was called "VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.12.iso")
You should now the correct guest additions cd image, but you are not done yet.
Install the Virtualbox Guest Additions
Step #1 Open the File Manager.
Step #2 Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the VBoxGuestAdditions xyz.iso file.
Step #3 Mount the VBoxGuestAdditions xyz.iso file by clicking on it.
Step #4 Click on the "VBoxLinuxAdditions.run" file in the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file that you mounted.
Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in any Puppy Linux
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Oops. XD
Ahh..., I was operating under the faulty assumption that the Virtualbox Guest Additions Package that is available in the package manager for Precise Puppy Linux 5.4.3 was just downloading the iso.
When I try installing from the latest iso I get the following error: "Unable to determine correct library path"
When I try installing from the same version iso that the Precise Puppy 5.4.3 package manager "installs", I get several errors. Mostly involving me not having any development tools installed, such as make, gcc, etc.
When I try installing from the latest iso I get the following error: "Unable to determine correct library path"
When I try installing from the same version iso that the Precise Puppy 5.4.3 package manager "installs", I get several errors. Mostly involving me not having any development tools installed, such as make, gcc, etc.
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Solution?
I have the same problem with Virtualbox 4.3.28 and Precise 5.7.1. If I use the package manager that comes with Precise (which tries to load an older guest additions package), I get make/gcc errors. If I download the guest additions for 4.3.28 then I get the "Unable to determine correct library path" error.
I know this thread is a year old, but is there now an easy way to install the correct guest additions for a newer Puppy Linux guest? The erratic mouse issue is driving me nuts.
I know this thread is a year old, but is there now an easy way to install the correct guest additions for a newer Puppy Linux guest? The erratic mouse issue is driving me nuts.
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Yes, these instructions were both for installing in VB with Puppy Linux as the Guest system. Neither method seems to work with later Puppy releases and/or later VB releases. I can mount either the older VBGuestAdditions.iso or the newer downloaded one that matches my VB, VBGuestAdditions_4.3.28.iso but both produce the same errors as the OP found when I try to follow his directions in this thread.
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