<![CDATA[[SOLVED] How to install guest tools via apt?]]>i tried to install guest tools via apt because it is easier when working with cloud images so we can install it in cloudinit

but when i did, it is showing older versions 7.20.2 from the installation output below

root@test-1:~# apt install xe-guest-utilities
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  xe-guest-utilities
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 765 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1979 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 xe-guest-utilities amd64 7.20.2-0ubuntu1 [765 kB]
Fetched 765 kB in 1s (834 kB/s)             
Selecting previously unselected package xe-guest-utilities.
(Reading database ... 74727 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../xe-guest-utilities_7.20.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xe-guest-utilities (7.20.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up xe-guest-utilities (7.20.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/xe-daemon.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/xe-daemon.service.
Scanning processes...                                                                                                                              
Scanning linux images...

but when i check it in xen-orchestra the version showed is different and IP still not even showing

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if i installed using the guest-tools iso the latest version 7.30.0-12 is installed
for XCP-ng version v8.2

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so can someone please explain to me how we can install same version used with the guest tools iso 7.30.0-12?

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/10088/solved-how-to-install-guest-tools-via-aptRSS for NodeSun, 16 Aug 2026 01:15:36 GMTSun, 08 Dec 2024 15:42:52 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [SOLVED] How to install guest tools via apt? on Sun, 08 Dec 2024 16:11:27 GMT]]>so i imported a new VM and made sure i mounted the guest-tools iso to it before converting it to template

i just tried this and it worked!!!

#cloud-config
hostname: someotheruser
ssh_authorized_keys:
  - ssh-rsa AAAAxxx
  - ssh-rsa AAAAxxx
  - ssh-ed25519 AAAAxxx
runcmd:
  - [mkdir, -p, /mnt/guest-tools]
  - [mount, /dev/cdrom, /mnt/guest-tools]
  - [bash, /mnt/guest-tools/Linux/install.sh]
  - [umount, /dev/cdrom]
  - [rm, -rf, /mnt/guest-tools]
]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/86639https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/86639Sun, 08 Dec 2024 16:11:27 GMT