Virtual Box Ubuntu Copy and Paste Issue

KERSPLAT! · 09-02-2017 11:18AM #1

Hi all,

Have Virtualbox running Ubuntu 16.04.1. Can someone please, for the love of God, explain how I can copy and paste in the terminal window?

Standard Ctrl+C/V doesn't work and neither does Ctrl+Shift+C/V...

Any ideas?

Bidirectional drag and drop and shared clipboard is enabled but does not work

Cheers,

M.T.D · 09-02-2017 11:22AM

Right click copy/paste usually works for me

You can use Ctrl+C form other text then use right click in the terminal window

KERSPLAT! · 09-02-2017 11:32AM

It only pastes what I have copied in the Virtual box and not from my Windows machine

KERSPLAT! · 09-02-2017 11:56AM

Nope, already had that set but followed the guide again to be sure and it hasn't worked

ItHurtsWhenIP · 09-02-2017 02:06PM

Have you installed Guest Editions in the Ubuntu VM?

KERSPLAT! · 09-02-2017 02:25PM

ItHurtsWhenIP wrote: »

Have you installed Guest Editions in the Ubuntu VM?

Yep, do I need to install anything else specifically?

srsly78 · 09-02-2017 02:26PM

The guest extensions are what enables clipboard sharing between host and vm. Make sure you installed it correctly, try restart vm after.

Also note that linux shortcuts are not the same as windows necessarily (depends on program). Try right-click and select paste rather than assuming ctrl+v is the shortcut.

KERSPLAT! · 09-02-2017 02:28PM

srsly78 wrote: »

The guest extensions are what enables clipboard sharing between host and vm. Make sure you installed it correctly, try restart vm after.

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso

http://askubuntu.com/questions/22743/how-do-i-install-guest-additions-in-a-virtualbox-vm

Used this with no errors. Rebooted the VM and checked that bidirectional was still enables. Still not working

Copy and paste is working within the VM but not from host to the VM

Edit, yep, tried the right click but also Ctrl+V & Ctrl+Shift+V, no joy.

srsly78 · 09-02-2017 02:30PM

Try install the guest extensions from the host app, not via apt-get. Might be incompatible for some reason?

Not sure about virtual box, but with vmware there is a host option that simulates a dvd being inserted with the guest extensions.

Try devices menu -> insert guest extensions cd.

edit: linkage for you -> https://4sysops.com/archives/virtualbox-copy-and-paste-not-working/

Note the bit about restarting the host guest extensions tray app.

PrzemoF · 09-02-2017 03:30PM

Silly Q: did you enable it?

KERSPLAT! · 09-02-2017 03:50PM

Enable what?

PrzemoF · 09-02-2017 04:14PM

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

Enable what?

Shared clipboard.

From running machine: Devices->Shared Clipboard->Bidirectional

or in Settings: General->Advanced->Shared Clipboard = Bidirectional

Edit: Ignore it... sorry

KERSPLAT! · 09-02-2017 05:09PM

Yep, have that

Cheers though! Nothing has worked so far

There's nothing on it so I might just build a new one and see

PrzemoF · 09-02-2017 05:16PM

What host key do you use? I have right Ctrl as the host key and paste works only with left
Ctrl as the result.

KERSPLAT! · 09-02-2017 05:25PM

No idea what I've done but it's working now

Updated to Ctrl+V and it's working with that too

Virtual Box Ubuntu Copy and Paste Issue

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