I want to install the virtualbox guest addition in a guest Archlinux machine.
The vbox version is 4.2.10 r84104, and the Arch install media is the latest release 2013.04.01 with systemd
as the default program to boot the system.
I mounted the iso file and cd
to the mount point, run ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
, but it reports Unable to determine your linux distribution
.
I checked that install script, and finding that in the function check_system_type()
, there's no branch dealing with Archlinux. I tried to touch
a file like /etc/gentoo-release
but failed.
How can I install the additions? Any help or advice will be appreciated.
virutalbox-guest-utils
andvirtualbox-guest-modules
. I tried to follow the steps mentioned in the wiki entry, but the problem still exists. I think perhaps the wiki entry is sort of old and not suitable for the newest release. The forum posts are also old.