Now we are done installing the prerequisites and can move on with the ‘guest additions’ installation. Once it finishes, we have to install another package called ‘gcc’ (GNU’s C++ compiler). Step 4: It might take a couple of minutes to install, depending on the speed of your internet connection. Step 3: Now enter the below command and append the above copied Kernel version after the ‘-‘ sign, don’t leave any spaces in between. Use your mouse to copy it (or you can type it in if you like). This will give you an output containing the currently active Kernel’s version. Then open a terminal window and enter the below command to become the root.

Step 1:First run your CentOS 6.5 virtual machine.

So without any further delay, let us begin! 🙂 … If you are running CentOS 6.5 as the guest operating system under Windows 8.1 (the host) and looking for a way to install this pack, then this article is for you. Once installed, it enables tighter hardware integration between the host & the guest OS, after which, you would not actually be able to tell that you are logged into a virtual machine at all.

However, the by-default hardware integration between the host & the guest operating system, is not as tight as it is under VMware, at least in my experience.įor instance, if you were to run a GNU/Linux distribution such as CentOS, under Windows 8.1 (the host), then you might immediately notice that the mouse pointer movements are not quite responsive or sensitive, or that the screen resolution cannot be set to its maximum etc, compared to the host operating system.īut all these (& a couple more) drawbacks can be fixed by installing an additional VirtualBox software pack called the ‘Guest Additions’. VirtualBox is a good operating system-level virtualization platform alternative when compared to other more popular utilities such as VMware, because it is free & open-source.

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