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On 20/11/11 14:05, bad apple wrote: > > > Just grab it from here: > > http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.6/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.1.6-74713.vbox-extpack > > It's the same file for any host OS and you install it either through the > preferences pane or just by dragging it and dropping it into the main > GUI. It differs from the guest additions in that it's applied on the > host, and adds some extra functionality (PXE, USB passthrough, etc) to > all of the VMs you have. Annoyingly it doesn't update via the repos > though so watch out for it when updating the main VirtualBox package: > you'll have to manually grab and install the new extension pack every time. > > It seems that Ubuntu are pretty quick on rolling the latest version into > their repos but I would still get the latest version directly from > Oracle - you don't need to manually install a deb, they have their own > VirtualBox repo hosted there. In short, add this to > /etc/apt/sources.repos.d/vbox.repo: > > deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib > non-free > > Get the signing key: > > wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc > -O- | sudo apt-key add - > > And: > > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.1 > > Job done. Happy virtualising (don't forget to give KVM a spin though, > it's even better - just don't try and use both at the same time). > > Cheers, > > Mat > More help, thanks again. I have now added the extension pack. I have added myself to the VBox group as instructed. I could not get that to work until I realised that I had to log out and in again. Now when I click on Settings I don't get any messages about using USB. But I still don't seem to be able to get a memory stick (put in a USB) port to be found my VBox. It still appears on the host machine. I must have another look at the help file. By the way, if the pack I have added is not the same as the guest additions, should I have both installed? Thanks yet again Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq