$ sudo su root@tg1404:/media/cd# sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run uninstall Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.24 Guest Additions for Linux............ VirtualBox Guest Additions installer Removing installed version 4.3.24 of VirtualBox Guest Additions... root@tg1404:/media/cd# exit $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io http://ix.io/gU9 $ ll /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ total 12K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Feb 26 21:05 ./ drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0K Feb 27 21:44 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48 Feb 26 21:03 i3_sur5r.list $ ll /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.24/ total 8.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 14 23:33 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Mar 14 20:47 ../ $ ll /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.22/ total 8.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 14 20:47 ./ drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4.0K Mar 14 20:47 ../ $ sudo reboot now === Installation === $ sudo su root@tg1404:/media/cd# sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing VirtualBox 4.3.24 Guest Additions for Linux............ VirtualBox Guest Additions installer You appear to have a version of the VBoxGuestAdditions software on your system which was installed from a different source or using a different type of installer. If you installed it from a package from your Linux distribution or if it is a default part of the system then we strongly recommend that you cancel this installation and remove it properly before installing this version. If this is simply an older or a damaged installation you may safely proceed. Do you wish to continue anyway? [yes or no] no ## This is strange because... $ aptitude search virtualbox p unity-scope-virtualbox - VirtualBox scope for Unity p virtualbox - x86 virtualization solution - base binaries p virtualbox:i386 - x86 virtualization solution - base binaries p virtualbox-dbg - x86 virtualization solution - debugging symbols p virtualbox-dbg:i386 - x86 virtualization solution - debugging symbols p virtualbox-dkms - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module sources for dkms p virtualbox-guest-additions-iso - guest additions iso image for VirtualBox p virtualbox-guest-dkms - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source for dkms p virtualbox-guest-source - x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source p virtualbox-guest-utils - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities p virtualbox-guest-utils:i386 - x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities p virtualbox-guest-x11 - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities p virtualbox-guest-x11:i386 - x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities p virtualbox-qt - x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface p virtualbox-qt:i386 - x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface p virtualbox-source - x86 virtualization solution - kernel module source $ sudo grep -ri vbox /etc/ /etc/gshadow:vboxsf:!:: /etc/group:vboxsf:x:999: /etc/services:vboxd 20012/tcp # voice box system /etc/services:vboxd 20012/udp /etc/passwd:vboxadd:x:999:1::/var/run/vboxadd:/bin/false /etc/shadow:vboxadd:!:16495::::::