VirtualBox VM additions

I took a long while until the VirtualBox Guest Additions for Solaris become available. So long that I used to not count on it ever more. But then all of a sudden for some reason I can't remember why I mounted the VirtualBox 5.1.18 Guest Additions on a Solaris 11.3 and happily noticed that, yes, they were there! It's an old (SVr4) Solaris package file (.pkg extension). So I immediately set to install it but, as usual, there was no available documentation, at least I couldn't easily find it. At first I tried an unattended SVr4 package install but it didn't work so I was forced to do it interactively.

For recap I started by mounting the VirtualBox Guest Additions as follows:

And then the usual optical media icon kicked in on my desktop:

But double-clicking on it won't work as expected, unfortunately. They probably didn't have the time for this final perfection, but I wonder if that was a typical case of lazyness; whatever, I went to the very comfortable CLI and served myself:

# cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_5.1.18_114002

# ll *.pkg
-r-xr-xr-x   1 root root  17M ... VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg
 
# pkgadd -d VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg all

Processing package instance <SUNWvboxguest> from </media/VBOXADDITIONS_5.1.18_114002/VBoxSolarisAdditions.pkg>

Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions(i386) 5.1.18,REV=r114002.2017.03.15.16.33
Oracle Corporation
Using </> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
## Processing system information.
## Verifying package dependencies.
## Verifying disk space requirements.
## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.
## Checking for setuid/setgid programs.

... contains scripts which will be executed with super-user
permission during the process of installing this package.

... continue with the installation of <SUNWvboxguest> [y,n,?] y

Installing ... Guest Additions as <SUNWvboxguest>

## Installing part 1 of 1.
/etc/fs/vboxfs/mount <symbolic link>
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/1099.vboxclient
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/LICENSE
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/VBox.sh
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/VBoxControl
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/VBoxClient.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/VBoxControl.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/VBoxService.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/pam_vbox.so
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxfs
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxfs_s10
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxfsmount
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxmslnk
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_110.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_111.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_112.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_113.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_114.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_117.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_118.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_13.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_14.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_15.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_16.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_17.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_18.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_19.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_70.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/amd64/vboxvideo_drv_71.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/VBoxClient.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/VBoxControl.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/VBoxService.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/pam_vbox.so
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxfs
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxfs_s10
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxfsmount
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxmslnk
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_110.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_111.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_112.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_113.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_114.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_117.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_118.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_13.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_14.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_15.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_16.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_17.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_18.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_19.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_70.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/i386/vboxvideo_drv_71.so.Z
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/solaris_xorg.conf
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/solaris_xorg_modeless.conf
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/vbox_vendor_select
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/vboxclient.desktop
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/vboxguest.sh
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/x11config15sol.pl
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/x11restore.pl
/usr/bin/VBoxClient <symbolic link>
/usr/bin/VBoxClient-all <symbolic link>
/usr/bin/VBoxControl <symbolic link>
/usr/bin/VBoxService <symbolic link>
/usr/kernel/drv/amd64/vboxguest
/usr/kernel/drv/amd64/vboxms
/usr/kernel/drv/vboxguest
/usr/kernel/drv/vboxguest.conf
/usr/kernel/drv/vboxms
/usr/kernel/drv/vboxms.conf
/usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so
/usr/lib/VBoxOGLarrayspu.so
/usr/lib/VBoxOGLcrutil.so
/usr/lib/VBoxOGLerrorspu.so
/usr/lib/VBoxOGLfeedbackspu.so
/usr/lib/VBoxOGLpackspu.so
/usr/lib/VBoxOGLpassthroughspu.so
/usr/lib/amd64/VBoxOGL.so
/usr/lib/amd64/VBoxOGLarrayspu.so
/usr/lib/amd64/VBoxOGLcrutil.so
/usr/lib/amd64/VBoxOGLerrorspu.so
/usr/lib/amd64/VBoxOGLfeedbackspu.so
/usr/lib/amd64/VBoxOGLpackspu.so
/usr/lib/amd64/VBoxOGLpassthroughspu.so
/usr/sbin/vboxmslnk <sUnattended SVr4 pkg installymbolic link>
[ verifying class <none> ]
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/VBoxClient <linked pathname>
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/VBoxISAExec <linked pathname>
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/VBoxService <linked pathname>
/opt/VirtualBoxAdditions/vboxmslnk <linked pathname>
[ verifying class <manifest> ]
## Executing postinstall script.
Uncompressing files...
Configuring VirtualBox guest kernel module...
VirtualBox guest kernel module loaded.
VirtualBox pointer integration module loaded.
Creating links...
Installing video driver for X.Org 1.14.5...
Configuring client...
Installing 64-bit shared folders module...
Installing 32-bit shared folders module...
Configuring services (this might take a while)...
Enabling services...
Updating boot archive...
Done.
Please re-login to activate the X11 guest additions.
If ... just un-installed the previous ... a REBOOT is required.

Installation of <SUNWvboxguest> was successful.

# eject
 
$ pkginfo -l SUNWvboxguest
   PKGINST:  SUNWvboxguest
      NAME:  Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions
  CATEGORY:  application
      ARCH:  i386
   VERSION:  5.1.18,REV=r114002.2017.03.15.16.33
   BASEDIR:  /
    VENDOR:  Oracle Corporation
      DESC:  ... Guest Additions for Solaris guests
    PSTAMP:  vboxguest20170315163319_r114002
  INSTDATE:  May 08 2017 17:03
   HOTLINE:  Please contact your local service provider
     EMAIL:  info@virtualbox.org
    STATUS:  completely installed
     FILES:       80 installed pathnames
                   4 linked files
                   5 directories
                  21 executables
               37263 blocks used (approx)