Vagrant GuestAdditions seems to be installed (5.1.20) correctly, but not running - oracle

Question

I want to copy one entire folder present on my windows machine to a vm hosting ubuntu/trusty64.
But every time I try to bring my vagrant up i get below error message.
vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Checking if box 'ubuntu/trusty64' is up to date...
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
default: Adapter 1: nat
default: Adapter 2: hostonly
==> default: Forwarding ports...
default: 22 (guest) => 2222 (host) (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
default: SSH username: vagrant
default: SSH auth method: private key
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
==> default: Configuring proxy for Apt...
==> default: Configuring proxy environment variables...
[default] GuestAdditions seems to be installed (5.1.20) correctly, but not running.
vboxadd: unrecognized service
vboxadd-service: unrecognized service
bash: line 4: setup: command not found
==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM...
The following SSH command responded with a non-zero exit status.
Vagrant assumes that this means the command failed!
setup
Stdout from the command:
Stderr from the command:
bash: line 4: setup: command not found
Note:
Ubuntu version is up to date as you can see in the third line.
Vagrant version : Vagrant 1.9.3
Windows version : Windows 7 Enterprise Service Pack 1
Oracle VirtualBox version : Version 5.1.20 r114628 (Qt5.6.2)
On running the command vbguest status i get
$ vagrant vbguest --status
[default] GuestAdditions seems to be installed (5.1.20) correctly, but not running.
My vagrant file contents are
# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
# you're doing.
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
# The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
# For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
# https://docs.vagrantup.com.
# Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
# boxes at https://atlas.hashicorp.com/search.
config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
config.ssh.insert_key = false
# Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
# boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
# `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
# config.vm.box_check_update = false
# Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
# within the machine from a port on the host machine. In the example below,
# accessing "localhost:8080" will access port 80 on the guest machine.
# config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080
# Create a private network, which allows host-only access to the machine
# using a specific IP.
config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "xxxxx"
# Create a public network, which generally matched to bridged network.
# Bridged networks make the machine appear as another physical device on
# your network.
# config.vm.network "public_network"
# Share an additional folder to the guest VM. The first argument is
# the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
# the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
# argument is a set of non-required options.
#config.vm.synced_folder "../data", "/vagrant_data" , "/vagrant"
config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/mydata", :mount_options => ['dmode=775','fmode=664']
#config.vm.synced_folder "./", "/vagrant", id: "vagrant-root", type: "nfs"
# Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
# backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
# Example for VirtualBox:
#
# config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
# # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
# vb.gui = true
#
# # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
# vb.memory = "1024"
# end
#
# View the documentation for the provider you are using for more
# information on available options.
# Define a Vagrant Push strategy for pushing to Atlas. Other push strategies
# such as FTP and Heroku are also available. See the documentation at
# https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/push/atlas.html for more information.
# config.push.define "atlas" do |push|
# push.app = "YOUR_ATLAS_USERNAME/YOUR_APPLICATION_NAME"
# end
# Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
# Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, and Docker are also available. Please see the
# documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
# config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
# apt-get update
# apt-get install -y apache2
# SHELL
if Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-proxyconf")
config.proxy.http = "xxxxx"
config.proxy.https = "xxxxx"
config.proxy.ftp = "xxxxx"
config.apt_proxy.http = "xxxxx"
config.apt_proxy.https = "xxxxx"
config.proxy.no_proxy = "xxxxx"
end
if !Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-proxyconf")
system('vagrant plugin install vagrant-proxyconf')
raise("vagrant-proxyconf installed. Run command again.");
end
end
Please suggest
1. How can i correct this error?
2. Share the complete folder from windows to vm?

Answer 1

Connect the Guest VM using WinSCP. Copy the VBoxGuestAddition.iso from the host machine. In my case, the VBoxGuestAddition present in C:\ProgramFiles\Oracle\VirtualBox.
Once iso file copied to Guest VM, login to GUest VM using putty.
mkdir /media/GuestAdditionsISO
Then execute the below command
mount -o loop /path/of/VBoxGuestAddition.iso /media/GuestAdditionsISO
Once mount command executed successfully,
cd /media/GuestAdditionsISO
sudo ./VBoxLinuxGuestAddition.run
Then re-start the VM. This works for me