8.3 Downloading the Oracle VM Guest Additions Packages

The Oracle VM Guest Additions packages are available for download from the addons channel for the guest operating system on the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) or the Oracle Linux Yum Server. For example, if the guest operating system is Oracle Linux 7, you download the packages from the Oracle Linux 7 Add ons (x86_64) channel.

Downloading from ULN

To download the Oracle VM Guest Additions packages from ULN, subscribe your system to the addons channel.

Alternatively, you can create a yum server that acts as a local mirror of the ULN addons channel.

See the following Oracle Linux documentation for more information:

Oracle Linux Release 7:
- Managing ULN Channel Subscription by Using the ULN Web Interface
- Creating and Using a Local ULN Mirror
Oracle Linux Release 6:
- Managing ULN Channel Subscription by Using the ULN Web Interface
- Creating and Using a Local ULN Mirror

Downloading from the Oracle Linux Yum Server

By default, the yum repository configuration file on Oracle Linux contains a section that defines the addons channel on the Oracle Linux Yum Server.

To download the Oracle VM Guest Additions packages from the public yum repository, you need to enable the addons channel in the yum configuration file.

See the following Oracle Linux documentation for instructions:

Oracle Linux Release 7:
- Yum Repository Configuration
Oracle Linux Release 6:
- Yum Repository Configuration

Microsoft Windows Guests

For Microsoft Windows guests, the Oracle VM Guest Additions are included in the Oracle VM Paravirtual Drivers. Refer to the Oracle VM Paravirtual Drivers for Microsoft Windows documentation library. Follow the download instructions for the selected release of the paravirtual drivers.

Oracle Solaris

For Oracle Solaris, both on SPARC and x86, the Oracle VM Guest Additions can be downloaded from a Solaris IPS repository: http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release, or https://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/support with your support contract access.