[lug] help : VirtualBox Guest Additions

[David L. Willson]

Maybe it's not executable?

Try "sudo bash"ing it or bash it in a root shell.

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This is a good time for a r3VOLution.

----- Original Message -----
> environment: CentOS 7.4.1708 running in VirtualBox 5.2.2
> 
> I am trying to install VirtualBox Guest Additions in my CentOS
> virtual machine.
> 
> According to VirtualBox, VirtualBoxGuestAdditions.iso is attached to
> the virtual machine.
> 
> 
> # mount -r /dev/cdrom /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions/
> 
> # cd /media/VirtualBoxGuestAdditions/
> 
> 
> In the directory is a file called VBoxLinuxAdditions.run*
> 
> So far so good  But when I
> 
> # ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
> 
> I get
> 
> -bash: ./VboxLinuxAdditions.run: No such file or directory
> 
> 
> Of course I an consulting the Google, but if any of you have any
> ideas
> what could be wrong or what I should be looking for, it would be
> appreciated?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> PS -- of course, right as I was about to hit "send", I noticed that I
> misspelled VBoxLinuxAdditions.run when entering the command.
>  However,
> correcting that produces the same error.  And using tab to
> auto-complete does not work.
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