How to Install Ubuntu 20.04 Server on VirtualBox? In this blog, we will look at how you can install virtual box guest additions on the Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox. In the last couple of blogs, we have taken a look at how you can install ubuntu desktop and Server on VirtualBox. It improves the virtual machine’s performance and allows easy usability of the virtual machine. If an update doesn’t resolve the problem or something has corrupted your current installation, you can repair the plugin.The VirtualBox guest additions are like a driver installed on a PC. vagrant plugin update vagrant-vbguest Repairing a Broken Install To update your plugins after a Vagrant upgrade, you can execute the following command. While great for security and addressing bugs, doing so sometimes break your installed plugins.
Vagrant Guest Additions Plugin Output Plugin Fail after Vagrant Upgradeīeing good administrators of our system we all keep our software up-to-date (right?). You’ll see the following output when it does happen. If, on the other hand, an update or installation is required, Vagrant will now download all dependent packages and then install Guest Additions from the Virtualbox ISO. If the latest version is installed, you will see the following output. Whenever you launch a Vagrant box you will now notice that the Guest Additions installation is checked. Installing the Guest Addition Plugin for Vagrant It also just happens to be one of the most popular plugins available. Thankfully, there is a plugin that can manage installing and updating the tools automatically. CentOS is guilty of this, and that means you will have to spend time installing the tools every time you launch a new box. Keeping the tools update is problematic enough until you realize not all boxes available from the official repository even have Guest Additions installed, to begin with.
However, ensuring your Vagrant boxes are always running the latest version of Guest Additions can be a time-consuming task, stealing away crucial cycles that could be put to better use. Guest Addition is essentially for being able to unleash Vagrant’s full potential, meaning it is important that it is installed and kept updated.
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