How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "virtualbox" package

Please follow the instructions below to install virtualbox on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "virtualbox" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall virtualbox on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virtualbox package on Kali Linux

Package: virtualbox
Source: virtualbox (7.0.14-dfsg-1)
Version: 7.0.14-dfsg-1+b1
Installed-Size: 126273
Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, iproute2, procps, virtualbox-dkms (>= 7.0.14-dfsg-1) | virtualbox-source (>= 7.0.14-dfsg-1) | virtualbox-modules, python3 (<< 3.12), python3 (>= 3.11~), python3.11, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libgsoap-2.8.132 (>= 2.8.132), liblzf1 (>= 1.5), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2), libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.12), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libtpms0 (>= 0.8.0~dev1), libvncserver1 (>= 0.9.10), libvpx8 (>= 1.12.0), libx11-6, libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: virtualbox-qt (= 7.0.14-dfsg-1+b1), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.0.2) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.0.2), libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.0.2), libxcb1, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxext6
Suggests: vde2, virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
Conflicts: virtualbox-2.0, virtualbox-2.1, virtualbox-2.2, virtualbox-3.0, virtualbox-3.1, virtualbox-3.2, virtualbox-4.0, virtualbox-4.1, virtualbox-4.2, virtualbox-4.3, virtualbox-5.0, virtualbox-5.1, virtualbox-5.2, virtualbox-6.0, virtualbox-6.1, virtualbox-7.0
Size: 25622076
SHA256: 037a76ada0c68e8df8e3d04a630b8c8eece3501f86ddf52e4973b91b97aed9b8
SHA1: 3f11e81cc79e17c3d13c1fa54ccb326c8f69be2a
MD5sum: 864b17532a18028aa72d351eed7f871e
Description: x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
Linux system.
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This package provides the binaries for VirtualBox. Either the virtualbox-dkms
or the virtualbox-source package is also required in order to compile the
kernel modules needed for virtualbox. A graphical user interface for
VirtualBox is provided by the package virtualbox-qt.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Tag: admin::virtualization, hardware::emulation, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::python, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::application, suite::openstack, system::cloud,
system::virtual, uitoolkit::qt, uitoolkit::sdl, x11::application
Section: contrib/misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/contrib/v/virtualbox/virtualbox_7.0.14-dfsg-1+b1_amd64.deb