Installing Virtual Box Guest Additions in Kali Linux

This is a how-to article about installing virtual box guest additions in kali linux 1.1.0a

1. By default kali linux will have repo configured for security updates. So we have to update the repo config file(/etc/apt/sources.list).

#nano /etc/apt/sources.list

//add these two entries in file

deb https://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib
deb https://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free

2) # apt-get update

3) apt-get install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r)

4) Load the VirtualBoxGuestAdditions.iso in 'Devices-> C/DVD Devices -> Choose a virtual cd/dvd disk file' from virtual box main menu interface

5) Copy the iso image to the temporary location and run

#chmod 700 VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

6) Finally we will be able to see the list of virtual box services installed

Thus we will be able to adjust screen size and use features like shared folders, shared clipboard, etc