Update : As Violatedsmurf pointed out in the comments section, it’s better off doing update, upgrade and dist-upgrade before installing headers. Once you’ve added the correct and official repositories, just update your package manager. One thing to note is that you need to have the correct repositories added before any of these would work. Following are the exact steps you need to follow to install VirtualBox guest additions packages on Kali Linux and fix these issue. I guess the most annoying issue in a VirtualBox is when you are not able to make it fullscreen and even if you’re able to, it just wont play nicely. While we are at it, I will also include the instructions on how to create a shared folder so that you can copy paste contents between your host and guest operating system.Ĭorrect way to install VirtualBox Guest Additions packages on Kali Linux Kali Linux on VirtualBox doesn’t detect your display resolution properly.Mouse integration is not working on Kali Linux on VirtualBox.

Kali Linux on VirtualBox is slow and not responding.Shared clipboard not working on Kali Linux on VirtualBox.Can’t enable shared folder on Kali Linux running on VirtualBox.Can’t make Kali Linux run in full screen on VirtualBox.This post will fix or resolve the following issues: But even on that post, I’ve seen many users getting confused and it seems creating a separate post about correct way to install VirtualBox Guest additions packages on Kali Linux is the way to go. I’ve actually posted this in a separate post with detailed step by step instructions showing how to install Kali Linux on VirtualBox. Unfortunately, there’s only one way to do it! So if you’re not following the steps below, you won’t be able to use Kali Linux is full screen properly (seamless windows) and shared clipboard or drag n’drop will not work. #- delete all lines in file and replace with updated repos lists.It seems there’s lots of confusion on what is the correct way to install VirtualBox guest additions packages on Kali Linux. #- edit repos leafpad /etc/apt/sources.list

Verify Kali official repos by searching web or linking below. Please NOTE: This document assumes that you already have Kali Linux installed and running in VirtualBox. This guide is the easiest way I have found to make Kali go full screen after installation in VirtualBox. After switching to Kali 2.0 simply installing the guest additions image in VirtualBox no longer works.

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