Alpine Linux 3.19 XFCE Desktop Installation on VirtualBox 7.0 with Guest Additions
In this video we are going to see how to install Alpine Linux 3.19 XFCE Desktop on VirtualBox 7.0 with Guest Additions (Shared Clipboard and Shared Folders).
Alpine Linux can be downloaded from
I have used alpine-extended-3.19.0-x86_64.iso file for installation.
Make sure you have internet connection and Enable the alpine repositories under /etc/apk/repositories
Below are the list of commands used to install alpine linux, xorg base, video drivers, input device drivers and gnome and its utilities.
###### Install alpine linux using script ##########
1. setup-alpine
####### It configures a graphical environment ########
2. setup-xorg-base
########### drivers ##############
3. apk add pciutils
4. apk add xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-intel xf86-video-vesa xf86-input-vmmouse
############# Install gnome and gnome utilities ####################
5. apk add xfce4 xfce4-terminal lightdm-gtk-greeter xfce4-screensaver xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin xfce4-clipman-plugin xfce4-cpufreq-plugin xfce4-cpugraph-plugin xfce4-taskmanager parole vlc vlc-dev vlc-libs vlc-daemon vlc-qt gnome-disk-utility ristretto mousepad vim filezilla file-roller firefox libreoffice
############# Install Linux Headers ####################
6. apk add linux-headers
############### Add dbus,udev,lightdm services to init system #################
7. rc-update add dbus
rc-update add udev
rc-update add lightdm
reboot
############### Install and VirtualBox Guest Additions and add its services to init system #################
8. apk add virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-guest-additions-x11
rc-update add virtualbox-guest-additions
rc-update add virtualbox-drm-client
poweroff
############### Enable Guest Additions Features #################
9. Enable Shared Clipboard, Drag and drop and Shared Folders and Start the Alpine Linux 3.19 VM. This time we succeeded Guest Additions and its working fine.
WARNING!! – Some of the UI applications might not work for example VLC media player is not working for me. Please check from your side
what are the applications not working.
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