Installing Guest Additions in VirtualBox Kali Linux

VirtualBox is a powerful virtual machine software that allows you to run multiple operating systems on your computer. Installing Guest Additions in Kali Linux can enhance the functionality of your virtual machine, allowing for full mouse and screen integration, as well as sharing folders with the host system.

To begin, restart the Kali Linux VM to complete the installation of the guest extensions. Then, click Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image from the top menu bar. This will mount the Guest Additions ISO file in the virtual CD drive in your Kali Linux Virtual Machine.

Once this is done, you can attach the 'Guest Additions' CD-ROM image and begin the installation process. There are two ways to install VirtualBox guest additions, but for this tutorial, we will use the manual method.

The first step is to make the file executable by running the command `chmod +x /media/cd-rom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.iso`. Then, copy the n file from the Guest Additions CD-ROM virtual machine to a path on the local system of the virtual machine. This is necessary because the virtual CD-ROM device is read-only but not writable.

Next, install the X11 Guest Utilities package for VirtualBox by running the command `apt-get -y install virtualbox-guest-x11`. This will provide you with the necessary tools to integrate your guest operating system with the host system.

After installing the package, refresh the package management again and install the kernel headers matching the current kernel. You can do this by running the command `apt-get -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r)`.

Once this is done, you can start a terminal window in the guest virtual host Kali Linux and run the following commands to complete the installation:

```

cd /media/cd-rom

sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

```

After completing the installation, restart your virtual machine. After the reboot, you must generally provide the system with the Linux kernel headers so that the modules are available for graphics and other drivers.

Finally, integrate the newly downloaded Guest Additions into your program to provide them later to mount available on the guest hosts. In the host application VirtualBox, the displayed window is now opened under the menu item 'File - Settings - Additional packages'.

By following these steps, you should now have full mouse and screen integration and the ability to share folders with the host system.

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