Virtual box additions won't install

I'm running Arch on a virtual box right now to test it out. I'm trying to install the VBoxLinuxAdditions. I mounted /dev/cdrom to /media and typed
sudo /media/VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run
And this is the output I get:
erifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 3.2.12 Guest Additions for Linux........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 3.2.12 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
:: Uninstalling old VirtualBox DKMS kernel modules [DONE]
:: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules [FAIL]
Your system does not seem to be set up to build kernel modules.
Look at /var/log/vboxadd-install.log to find out what went wrong. Once you have corrected it, you can
run
/etc/init.d/vboxadd setup
to build them.
:: Doing non-kernel setup of the Guest Additions [DONE]
:: Installing the Window System drivers [BUSY]
:: Installing X.Org Server 1.9 modules [DONE]
:: Setting up the Window System to use the Guest Additions [DONE]
You may need to restart the hal service and the Window System (or just restart
the guest system) to enable the Guest Additions.
:: Installing graphics libraries and desktop services components [DONE]
I tried running /etc/init.d/vboxadd setup but its not there.
Heres my /var/log/vboxadd-install.log
Makefile:23: *** Error: unable to find the sources of your current Linux kernel. Specify KERN_DIR=<directory> and run Make again.. Stop.
Creating user for the Guest Additions.
Creating udev rule for the Guest Additions kernel module.

Mr Green wrote:
Your first shows that the additions are built and are installed, look in /etc/rc.local you should see vbox stuff
If you read arch wiki on virtualbox it will tell you what you need to know
MrG
Then how come the additions won't work? For example when I'm in fullscreen it's not fullscreen just a small box.

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