Oracle Linux 8.4 Installation on VirtualBox 6.1 with Guest Additions Step by Step
In this video we are going to see how to install Oracle Linux 8.4 on VirtualBox 6.1 and install Guest Additions.
Oracle Linux 8.4 is the latest update from Oracle Linux 8.x series. In this video we shown
1. how to install dependencies for guest additions
2. install guest additions from VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
3. how to enable Shared Clipboard.
Finally Oracle Linux 8.4 on VirtualBox supports our decided screen resolution,shared clipboard.
Installation method is offline.
You need to register with Oracle website in order to download Oracle Linux DVD iso files
Below RPM packages are installed as dependencies required for VirtualBox Guest Addition Software.
annobin-9.50-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
cpp-8.4.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
elfutils-libelf-devel-0.182-3.el8.x86_64.rpm
gcc-8.4.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
glibc-devel-2.28-151.el8.x86_64.rpm
glibc-headers-2.28-151.el8.x86_64.rpm
isl-0.16.1-6.el8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64.rpm
libxcrypt-devel-4.1.1-4.el8.x86_64.rpm
make-4.2.1-10.el8.x86_64.rpm
zlib-devel-1.2.11-17.el8.x86_64.rpm
Important Note: There are two Linux Kernel versions for Oracle.I have selected Kernel Version 4.18 to install Guest Additions and also
Make sure you have installed the Updated and latest version of VirtualBox 6.1.x series.This will fix the Guest Addition Errors and supports the latest features.