How to install VirtualBox 3.0.4 Guest Additions in Kubuntu 9.04 guest

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Once you've first installed Kubuntu 9.04 as a guest running a Virtual Machine, here are the actual proven steps you need to perform to successfully install VirtualBox 3.0.4 Guest Additions in Kubuntu 9.04 guest running in a VM:

Once you have installed Kubuntu 9.04 be sure to “check and install” updates
click K (Start) button >> Applications >> System >> Software Management
Accept and install all updates.

Now be sure to restart Kubuntu...

Then you will need to run Terminal and set your default root password:
sudo passwd root

Then you will need to login as root in Terminal

su root

and perform the following commands to update Kubuntu's database

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude full-upgrade

Now be sure to restart Kubuntu...

Finally, login as root in Terminal to install VirtualBox 3.0.4 Guest Additions

cd /media/cdrom

./VboxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

You're done!

See the results below...
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mypc@mypc-laptop:~$ su root
Password:
root@mypc-laptop:/home/mypc# cd /media/cdrom
root@mypc-laptop:/media/cdrom# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 3.0.4 Guest Additions for Linux installation...
VirtualBox 3.0.4 Guest Additions installation
Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel module...
Building the shared folder support kernel module...
Building the drm support kernel module...
Installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions...

Successfully installed the VirtualBox Guest Additions.
You must restart your guest system in order to complete the installation.
root@mypc-laptop:/media/cdrom#

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