VirtualBox Guest Additions for Debian 11 Bullseye (Linux Beginners Guide)

This tutorial is on How To Install the VirtualBox Guest Additions for Debian 11 Bullseye on a Virtual Machine (VM) that has Debian 11 Buster installed Easily run through the steps to install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Debian 11 Bullseye.
1. Mount a the Guest Additions CD
2. Install any missing packages
3. Install the Guest Additions CD
4. Reboot
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[@dourix3708]

using debian 12 here and it worked flawlessly, thanks for the tutorial, also this is my very first time using linux, i am a young computer engineering student :))

[@SavvyNik]

Glad to hear it have fun sign Linux

[@midsfb]

I'm using Debian 10 and it worked flawlessly. Thank you!

[@tertia0011]

Worked fine on my installation of Debian 11 running on latest version of VirtualBox. Thank you.

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it.

[@albertoi.cruzgalvan3446]

It worked very well, hugs from Mexico!!!

[@SavvyNik]

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[@jck8598]

Worked very well, straight to the point , thank you!

[@dec13666]

Flawless tutorial man, worked like a charm! Thanks!

[@SavvyNik]

No problem

[@DevMode951]

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[@SavvyNik]

Awesome, glad you found it helpful!

[@Chr0n0Mike]

LIFE SAVIER! THANK YOU!

[@PoProstu_Ameryka]

Thank you was going crazy with all those permissions denied!

[@SavvyNik]

No worries!

[@CoverCalle]

Brother you saved my life thanks!

[@SavvyNik]

Glad to hear it!

[@endeavourosxfcerlygood123]

thank you bro, it worked for me

[@draker5137]

Worked ! thank you

[@andyby]

Great video!

[@SavvyNik]

Thanks!

[@takakazushi6703]

HOW IN THE WORLD ..(or elsewhere) did you find this procedure? Was it buried in the VB documentation? In Linux Mint, just inserting the disk in the CDROM auto runs the program. I used your method on DEBIAN 12 Bookworm at it was the ONLY way I could get GA installed. Lost lots of sleep and heart muscle till I found your fantastic solution. Pls tell... Where and how can I learn such useful and critical, albeit arcane commands and procedures? Thank you.

[@SavvyNik]

messing with Linux long enough and just being stubborn enough I guess haha - I think this was a brute force attempt

[@dabotcj5574]

brooo thank you so much, it works!!!

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome!

[@jhonyjonathan]

Thank you very much!

[@wished2]

Thank you so mucchhh, i didn't realized that it worked! (I SUB)

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[@ippo8890]

Thanks bro

[@andyk544]

its works. thx

[@SavvyNik]

No problem

[@gantengbanget8475]

it doesn't work on CLI version

[@Porto7222]

Thank you!

[@arthurschopenhauer6352]

Muito bom, salvou minha vida...Parabéns!!
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Very good, save my life...Congratulations!!
From Brazil

[@SavvyNik]

Glad to hear it!! Hi from the US :)

[@abdullahAboelkhair]

thank you

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome!

[@dougiebell9944]

If it doesn’t go fullscreen right away, un-maximize the windows then maximize.

[@SavvyNik]

Thanks for sharing.

[@lokeshnaidu3855]

Thanks man for sharing it helped me 👍.

[@x0it]

Thank You, Bro

[@mrsalminator]

Snx! You real helped me! Cool!

[@SavvyNik]

Glad to hear that!

[@igorrodrigues6333]

Thanks a lot!

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome!

[@albertosegovia5301]

Me funciono perfectamente muchas gracias, (Thanks!!)

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it.

[@Hartley94]

Thank you.

[@SavvyNik]

You're welcome!

[@chess_player007]

I have a problem like this
Building Guest Additions kernel modules.
Failed to set up service vboxadd, please check the log file /var/log/VBoxGuestAdditions.log for details.
I do the same what in the film was.

[@kargandarr]

Is this same installation possible in a virtual box on windows?

[@Godvadder98]

I ve did it all and have no errors but Drag N Drop Still doesnt work on my Debian 12 vm

[@kiransharma2656]

how can we install guest addtions in centos without desktop app

[@stricarzi]

👍

[@SavvyNik]

👍

[@NickDyers]

better the other way 'round:
wimpydOS as guest on Debian 11 host :)

[@ferliantino]

Is it working for Debian x-64 kali linux? when i tried to download linux headers it said "unable to locate package linux headers, couldn
t find any package"

[@SavvyNik]

Look up how to install Linux headers for Debian. They don’t come precompiled for Deb

[@DevMode951]

I also forced fedora on VMware 🤣 this is your fault I'm a monster

[@SavvyNik]

Oh my!

[@beksultanalmabyek5187]

HI MY virtual box is same 6.1 i am beginner in Linux but while i was practicing me linux went freezing black its not booting anyone can help?

[@InaktiverUser]

where can i download the guest additions? i cant find it

[@domenq8924]

The video was exactly about that...

[@InaktiverUser]

@@domenq8924 no! you are a liar! nothing in that video shows me where i can download that you understand me?

[@_loss_]

i still don't get the right resolutions

[@yumyum3242]

😋

[@SavvyNik]

:P

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[@SavvyNik]

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[@ThTroya]

god

[@RykerFreegeld]

Doesn't work in Debian 12.

[@d42]

Welp didnt work for me

[@DevMode951]

Ha ha I just put that on vb

[@SavvyNik]

ahead of the game! haha

[@DevMode951]

OK OK... I had to force this one too the test iso too right meow I'm manually installing grub 😕😖

[@soniak5421]

I got this : unable to locate package linux-headers-5.10.0-8 amd64
and this : couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-5.10.0-8 -amd64
Anyone got this too ?

[@mustafababdullah2485]

Added information I found out, if one likes to have root and user that has sudo privilege download thunar open it with su thunar go to /etc/suderer.d open the file change it's permissions to root read/write then the bottom edit in username ALL=(ALL) ALL Debian is getting rediculous the asses that wrote the wiki try to say root doesn't have authority, where they get off lying like that? Just like they don't include headers WTF. Who does that?

[@breezy_flagahip06]

Thank you very much!!!