In case we have installed the OSE edition of Virtual Box from the repositories we can add the guest additions from the repositories in the guest.

Installing Guest additions from the repositories The process of accessing a USB device through VirtualBox is quite simple and straightforward.If you have trouble installing Ubuntu in a VirtualBox VM, because the installer window does not fit the low resolution screen size, you can move the window with Alt+ F7. Select the Enable USB Controllerand then choose USB 2.0 controller (EHCI).The right button of the mouseon the selected virtual machine and then click Settingsand click on the USB.Selectthe virtual machine and shut it down from Oracle VM VirtualBox or from the guest operating system.Insertthe USB flash drive into the USB port (2.0 or 3.0) of your host machine.It can be accessed after installing some drivers and making changes to the virtual machine.

Using USB 2.0 requires the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack to be installed. OpenThe VirtualBox website and download VirtualBox 6.1.4 Oracle Virtual Machine VirtualBox Extension Packfrom the Link.Openthe Internet browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Edge or other).Install the extension pack from the VirtualBox download site or disable USB 2.0/3.0 in order to boot the machine. That will download a file called Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.4, which is around 10 MB. Note that the extension pack version must be compatible with the Oracle VM VirtualBox version. Extension packs supplement the functionality of VirtualBox and may contain system-level software that could be potentially harmful to your system. Please review the description and proceed if you obtained the extension pack from a reputable source. Click Yesto confirm the installation of the extension pack.Readthe VirtualBox license agreement and then click I agree.Clickin the installation file and click install on pc.The extension pack supports USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices, VirtualBox RDP, disk encryption, NVMe, and PXE boot for Intel cards. Selectthe virtual machine in the list of virtual machines and Beginningby clicking on the Beginningor perform the following procedure: The right button of the mousein the virtual machine - Beginningand then click normal start.If everything went well, you will see a confirmation window that says The Oracle VM VirtualBox extension pack The extension pack installed ease click in accept.An account with Administrator permissions is required.

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