How to install guest additions on Kali Linux 4.15.0
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I've installed the latest version of Kali Linux using virtualbox but I can't install guest additions, I found this question.
After uname -r command I have in my terminal:
4.15.0-kali2-amd64
And when I try to install linux-headers executing apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) command I have the following errors:
Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64
Couldn't find any package by global 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
For comparison I've installed Ubuntu on Virtualbox and it is working fine.
Please tell me what can I do in this case?
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I've installed the latest version of Kali Linux using virtualbox but I can't install guest additions, I found this question.
After uname -r command I have in my terminal:
4.15.0-kali2-amd64
And when I try to install linux-headers executing apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) command I have the following errors:
Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64
Couldn't find any package by global 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
For comparison I've installed Ubuntu on Virtualbox and it is working fine.
Please tell me what can I do in this case?
kali-linux virtualbox
edited Aug 26 at 9:25
GAD3R
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asked Aug 26 at 8:14
Uladzimir Khadakouski
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Kudos on that edit @Rui, I much prefer that over linking to the usual Q&A ;-)
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 9:21
@StephenKitt I have my honest doubts this question seen from a broader angle has not been asked before. However, it is a waste to close a well written question with a good answer.
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Aug 26 at 9:24
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I've installed the latest version of Kali Linux using virtualbox but I can't install guest additions, I found this question.
After uname -r command I have in my terminal:
4.15.0-kali2-amd64
And when I try to install linux-headers executing apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) command I have the following errors:
Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64
Couldn't find any package by global 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
For comparison I've installed Ubuntu on Virtualbox and it is working fine.
Please tell me what can I do in this case?
kali-linux virtualbox
edited Aug 26 at 9:25
GAD3R
22.9k164895
asked Aug 26 at 8:14
Uladzimir Khadakouski
1086
I've installed the latest version of Kali Linux using virtualbox but I can't install guest additions, I found this question.
After uname -r command I have in my terminal:
4.15.0-kali2-amd64
And when I try to install linux-headers executing apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) command I have the following errors:
Unable to locate package linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64
Couldn't find any package by global 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'
For comparison I've installed Ubuntu on Virtualbox and it is working fine.
Please tell me what can I do in this case?
kali-linux virtualbox
kali-linux virtualbox
edited Aug 26 at 9:25
GAD3R
22.9k164895
asked Aug 26 at 8:14
Uladzimir Khadakouski
1086
edited Aug 26 at 9:25
GAD3R
22.9k164895
asked Aug 26 at 8:14
Uladzimir Khadakouski
1086
edited Aug 26 at 9:25
GAD3R
22.9k164895
edited Aug 26 at 9:25
GAD3R
22.9k164895
edited Aug 26 at 9:25
GAD3R
22.9k164895
22.9k164895
asked Aug 26 at 8:14
Uladzimir Khadakouski
1086
asked Aug 26 at 8:14
Uladzimir Khadakouski
1086
asked Aug 26 at 8:14
Uladzimir Khadakouski
1086
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Kudos on that edit @Rui, I much prefer that over linking to the usual Q&A ;-)
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 9:21
@StephenKitt I have my honest doubts this question seen from a broader angle has not been asked before. However, it is a waste to close a well written question with a good answer.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:24
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Kudos on that edit @Rui, I much prefer that over linking to the usual Q&A ;-)
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 9:21
@StephenKitt I have my honest doubts this question seen from a broader angle has not been asked before. However, it is a waste to close a well written question with a good answer.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:24
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2
Kudos on that edit @Rui, I much prefer that over linking to the usual Q&A ;-)
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 9:21
Kudos on that edit @Rui, I much prefer that over linking to the usual Q&A ;-)
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 9:21
@StephenKitt I have my honest doubts this question seen from a broader angle has not been asked before. However, it is a waste to close a well written question with a good answer.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:24
@StephenKitt I have my honest doubts this question seen from a broader angle has not been asked before. However, it is a waste to close a well written question with a good answer.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:24
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Your kernel is out-of-date, and the corresponding kernel header packages are no longer available. You need to upgrade your system:
apt update
apt upgrade
then reboot your VM. This should give you the current kernel, 4.17.0-kali3 as I write this, and allow you to install the corresponding header packages.
To install the guest additions then, run the following command:
apt install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
answered Aug 26 at 8:21
Stephen Kitt
146k22321386
I don't know how and why but my /etc/apt/sources.list file was empty i just added "Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'" into this file and followed your steps in your answer and it is working fine for me. Thanks for your help!
– Uladzimir Khadakouski
Aug 26 at 9:42
1
Stephen, We are having multiple instances of people having thesources.listempty. It might be more than clueless users, or a statistic anomaly, something is wrong. Which in turns makes that duplicatte having more sense where applicable.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:46
Yes, I think there are several (real) dupes for this question...
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 10:52
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When you run apt update and the kernel getting updated to a newer version. The command uname -r may takes the current older kernel version.
This mismatches between the updated kernel version and the old version the reason why it fails.
So to test: Do not update
- apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- do not install the new headers
- run update and upgrade
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- error
- reboot
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- works..
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Welcome, The question is how to install the guest addition, not thelinux-headers.
– GAD3R
2 days ago
1
It does seem like the title of the question is aimed at installing the guest additions, but the question (confusingly) lands at asking how to get past the "unable to locate ... linux-headers..." issue.
– Jeff Schaller
2 days ago
1
@JeffSchaller Already mentioned on the accepted answer , upgrading the package , rebooting , installing the kernel headers and the guest additions.
– GAD3R
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2 Answers
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Your kernel is out-of-date, and the corresponding kernel header packages are no longer available. You need to upgrade your system:
apt update
apt upgrade
then reboot your VM. This should give you the current kernel, 4.17.0-kali3 as I write this, and allow you to install the corresponding header packages.
To install the guest additions then, run the following command:
apt install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
answered Aug 26 at 8:21
Stephen Kitt
146k22321386
I don't know how and why but my /etc/apt/sources.list file was empty i just added "Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'" into this file and followed your steps in your answer and it is working fine for me. Thanks for your help!
– Uladzimir Khadakouski
Aug 26 at 9:42
1
Stephen, We are having multiple instances of people having thesources.listempty. It might be more than clueless users, or a statistic anomaly, something is wrong. Which in turns makes that duplicatte having more sense where applicable.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:46
Yes, I think there are several (real) dupes for this question...
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 10:52
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Your kernel is out-of-date, and the corresponding kernel header packages are no longer available. You need to upgrade your system:
apt update
apt upgrade
then reboot your VM. This should give you the current kernel, 4.17.0-kali3 as I write this, and allow you to install the corresponding header packages.
To install the guest additions then, run the following command:
apt install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
answered Aug 26 at 8:21
Stephen Kitt
146k22321386
I don't know how and why but my /etc/apt/sources.list file was empty i just added "Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'" into this file and followed your steps in your answer and it is working fine for me. Thanks for your help!
– Uladzimir Khadakouski
Aug 26 at 9:42
1
Stephen, We are having multiple instances of people having thesources.listempty. It might be more than clueless users, or a statistic anomaly, something is wrong. Which in turns makes that duplicatte having more sense where applicable.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:46
Yes, I think there are several (real) dupes for this question...
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 10:52
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Your kernel is out-of-date, and the corresponding kernel header packages are no longer available. You need to upgrade your system:
apt update
apt upgrade
then reboot your VM. This should give you the current kernel, 4.17.0-kali3 as I write this, and allow you to install the corresponding header packages.
To install the guest additions then, run the following command:
apt install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
answered Aug 26 at 8:21
Stephen Kitt
146k22321386
Your kernel is out-of-date, and the corresponding kernel header packages are no longer available. You need to upgrade your system:
apt update
apt upgrade
then reboot your VM. This should give you the current kernel, 4.17.0-kali3 as I write this, and allow you to install the corresponding header packages.
To install the guest additions then, run the following command:
apt install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-x11 linux-headers-$(uname -r)
answered Aug 26 at 8:21
Stephen Kitt
146k22321386
edited Aug 26 at 8:27
answered Aug 26 at 8:21
Stephen Kitt
146k22321386
answered Aug 26 at 8:21
Stephen Kitt
146k22321386
answered Aug 26 at 8:21
Stephen Kitt
146k22321386
146k22321386
I don't know how and why but my /etc/apt/sources.list file was empty i just added "Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'" into this file and followed your steps in your answer and it is working fine for me. Thanks for your help!
– Uladzimir Khadakouski
Aug 26 at 9:42
1
Stephen, We are having multiple instances of people having thesources.listempty. It might be more than clueless users, or a statistic anomaly, something is wrong. Which in turns makes that duplicatte having more sense where applicable.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:46
Yes, I think there are several (real) dupes for this question...
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 10:52
add a comment |Â
I don't know how and why but my /etc/apt/sources.list file was empty i just added "Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'" into this file and followed your steps in your answer and it is working fine for me. Thanks for your help!
– Uladzimir Khadakouski
Aug 26 at 9:42
1
Stephen, We are having multiple instances of people having thesources.listempty. It might be more than clueless users, or a statistic anomaly, something is wrong. Which in turns makes that duplicatte having more sense where applicable.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:46
Yes, I think there are several (real) dupes for this question...
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 10:52
I don't know how and why but my /etc/apt/sources.list file was empty i just added "Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'" into this file and followed your steps in your answer and it is working fine for me. Thanks for your help!
– Uladzimir Khadakouski
Aug 26 at 9:42
I don't know how and why but my /etc/apt/sources.list file was empty i just added "Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-4.15.0-kali2-amd64'" into this file and followed your steps in your answer and it is working fine for me. Thanks for your help!
– Uladzimir Khadakouski
Aug 26 at 9:42
1
1
Stephen, We are having multiple instances of people having the
sources.list empty. It might be more than clueless users, or a statistic anomaly, something is wrong. Which in turns makes that duplicatte having more sense where applicable.– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:46
Stephen, We are having multiple instances of people having the
sources.list empty. It might be more than clueless users, or a statistic anomaly, something is wrong. Which in turns makes that duplicatte having more sense where applicable.– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:46
Yes, I think there are several (real) dupes for this question...
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 10:52
Yes, I think there are several (real) dupes for this question...
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 10:52
add a comment |Â
up vote
-3
down vote
When you run apt update and the kernel getting updated to a newer version. The command uname -r may takes the current older kernel version.
This mismatches between the updated kernel version and the old version the reason why it fails.
So to test: Do not update
- apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- do not install the new headers
- run update and upgrade
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- error
- reboot
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- works..
edited 2 days ago
Goro
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answered 2 days ago
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Welcome, The question is how to install the guest addition, not thelinux-headers.
– GAD3R
2 days ago
1
It does seem like the title of the question is aimed at installing the guest additions, but the question (confusingly) lands at asking how to get past the "unable to locate ... linux-headers..." issue.
– Jeff Schaller
2 days ago
1
@JeffSchaller Already mentioned on the accepted answer , upgrading the package , rebooting , installing the kernel headers and the guest additions.
– GAD3R
yesterday
add a comment |Â
up vote
-3
down vote
When you run apt update and the kernel getting updated to a newer version. The command uname -r may takes the current older kernel version.
This mismatches between the updated kernel version and the old version the reason why it fails.
So to test: Do not update
- apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- do not install the new headers
- run update and upgrade
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- error
- reboot
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- works..
edited 2 days ago
Goro
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answered 2 days ago
herpyderp
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Welcome, The question is how to install the guest addition, not thelinux-headers.
– GAD3R
2 days ago
1
It does seem like the title of the question is aimed at installing the guest additions, but the question (confusingly) lands at asking how to get past the "unable to locate ... linux-headers..." issue.
– Jeff Schaller
2 days ago
1
@JeffSchaller Already mentioned on the accepted answer , upgrading the package , rebooting , installing the kernel headers and the guest additions.
– GAD3R
yesterday
add a comment |Â
up vote
-3
down vote
up vote
-3
down vote
When you run apt update and the kernel getting updated to a newer version. The command uname -r may takes the current older kernel version.
This mismatches between the updated kernel version and the old version the reason why it fails.
So to test: Do not update
- apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- do not install the new headers
- run update and upgrade
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- error
- reboot
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- works..
edited 2 days ago
Goro
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answered 2 days ago
herpyderp
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When you run apt update and the kernel getting updated to a newer version. The command uname -r may takes the current older kernel version.
This mismatches between the updated kernel version and the old version the reason why it fails.
So to test: Do not update
- apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- do not install the new headers
- run update and upgrade
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- error
- reboot
- rerun apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- works..
edited 2 days ago
Goro
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answered 2 days ago
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edited 2 days ago
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Welcome, The question is how to install the guest addition, not thelinux-headers.
– GAD3R
2 days ago
1
It does seem like the title of the question is aimed at installing the guest additions, but the question (confusingly) lands at asking how to get past the "unable to locate ... linux-headers..." issue.
– Jeff Schaller
2 days ago
1
@JeffSchaller Already mentioned on the accepted answer , upgrading the package , rebooting , installing the kernel headers and the guest additions.
– GAD3R
yesterday
add a comment |Â
Welcome, The question is how to install the guest addition, not thelinux-headers.
– GAD3R
2 days ago
1
It does seem like the title of the question is aimed at installing the guest additions, but the question (confusingly) lands at asking how to get past the "unable to locate ... linux-headers..." issue.
– Jeff Schaller
2 days ago
1
@JeffSchaller Already mentioned on the accepted answer , upgrading the package , rebooting , installing the kernel headers and the guest additions.
– GAD3R
yesterday
Welcome, The question is how to install the guest addition, not the
linux-headers.– GAD3R
2 days ago
Welcome, The question is how to install the guest addition, not the
linux-headers.– GAD3R
2 days ago
1
1
It does seem like the title of the question is aimed at installing the guest additions, but the question (confusingly) lands at asking how to get past the "unable to locate ... linux-headers..." issue.
– Jeff Schaller
2 days ago
It does seem like the title of the question is aimed at installing the guest additions, but the question (confusingly) lands at asking how to get past the "unable to locate ... linux-headers..." issue.
– Jeff Schaller
2 days ago
1
1
@JeffSchaller Already mentioned on the accepted answer , upgrading the package , rebooting , installing the kernel headers and the guest additions.
– GAD3R
yesterday
@JeffSchaller Already mentioned on the accepted answer , upgrading the package , rebooting , installing the kernel headers and the guest additions.
– GAD3R
yesterday
add a comment |Â
protected by GAD3R 2 days ago
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Because it has attracted low-quality or spam answers that had to be removed, posting an answer now requires 10 reputation on this site (the association bonus does not count).
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2
Kudos on that edit @Rui, I much prefer that over linking to the usual Q&A ;-)
– Stephen Kitt
Aug 26 at 9:21
@StephenKitt I have my honest doubts this question seen from a broader angle has not been asked before. However, it is a waste to close a well written question with a good answer.
– Rui F Ribeiro
Aug 26 at 9:24