Install the virtual box guest additions Debian wheezy

Question

I am trying to install the virtual box guest additions and it mounts successfully on to Debian wheezy. When I open this mounted drive I see a message in nautilus in the top right saying

"the medium has been detected as unix software __________Open Autorun prompt"

When I click on that I get the message:

Cannot find the autorun program

Answer 1

Alternative: Install the guest additions from the official Debian repository. That way, they'll be updated whenever you run a system update:

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-x11 

Update:

If this package can't be found, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and replace main with main contrib non-free, then run sudo apt-get update and run the install command. Of course, this can also be done using graphical tools.

Also, as mentioned in the comments section, dkms may have to be installed as well.

Answer 2

open a terminal

su
cd /mount/yourcd
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

The problem you faced is that there's no autorun on the CD and it's a very good thing, because autoruns can be dangerous.

Answer 3

1. Login as root (issue su at a terminal or sudo);
2. Update your APT database with apt-get update;
3. Install the latest security updates with apt-get upgrade;
4. Install required packages with apt-get install build-essential module-assistant;
5. Configure your system for building kernel modules by running m-a prepare;
6. Click on Install Guest Additions… from the Devices menu, then run mount /media/cdrom.
7. Run sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run, and follow the instructions on screen.