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Bad: Kali Linux Copy And Paste Problems


Kali Linux Copy And Paste Problem:

So I've been having this problem so much its became a huge pain, it gets aggravating having to type out such long sentences from my host computer without being able to copy and paste from it, I've tried everything I could find online and I mean everything and none of the solutions seemed to work, I even tried downloading Kali Linux on a Virtual Machine instead of a Virtual Box (Which was a nightmare to setup for me) and it along with a bunch of other features didn't work either (Probably because I'm not good with setting it up), but I didn't care because I mainly wanted it to work on my Virtual Box, I noticed something today though after I reinstalled Kali Linux for my Virtual Box (I figured reinstalling it would do the trick) and it kind of did, at least until i did "sudo apt-get upgrade" then the copy and paste feature stopped working, I've spent awhile dealing with this but I'm fed up, please do your best and leave some ideas, anything, I really just want this to work. Thanks.

Other Infromation:

• I'm running the latest version of Oracle V Virtual Box 64-Bit: 6.1.4 https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.4/VirtualBox-6.1.4-136177-Win.exe

• I've downloaded Kali Linux Virtual Box 64-Bit: Version 2020.1 https://images.offensive-security.com/virtual-images/kali-linux-2020.1-vbox-amd64.ova

• I'm running **Windows 10 Latest Version*


Solution

  • Copy & paste is broken in the Guest Additions 6.1.4 r136177. Either downgrade the Guest Additions or install the 6.1.5 test build of the Guest Additions.

    See the related post on U&L: Copy paste not working on Virtual box 6.1 running Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10 Machine