Linux – How to install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Kali Linux:

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I have a problem with my Kali Linux, I am getting an error while installing virtual box guest addition. I have Windows 8.1 64-bit and I have installed virtual box latest version 4.3.28 in my windows. I have installed latest version of Kali Linux "1.1.0 32-bit" in my virtual box successfully. But when I install virtual box guest additions in it it shows error. The error is occurring when I run this command in my terminal

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

Please help me to install virtual box guest additions in the correct way.

And I am getting the following error :

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-3.18.0-kali3-686-pae
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'linux-headers-3.18.0-kali3-686-pae'

Best Answer

Mine was fixed by editing /etc/apt/sources.list to the following:

# Regular Repositories 
deb http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib 
deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security sana/updates main contrib non-free

# Source Repositories 
deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib 
deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security sana/updates main contrib non-free

Then running:

apt-get update
apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Source: https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?26478-cant-install-linux-header-kali-sana-vmware-player&p=47698&viewfull=1#post47698

Then running:

apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkm
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