How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox-guest-additions-iso Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-additions-iso" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "virtualbox-guest-additions-iso" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall virtualbox-guest-additions-iso 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-guest-additions-iso package on Kali Linux

Package: virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
Version: 7.0.14-1
Installed-Size: 52292
Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Architecture: all
Recommends: virtualbox (>= 7.0.14)
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-7.0
Size: 39523276
SHA256: 0dcce2b239a66495d6580cecfb7886c9f69007a048759a6f61bf501e4492df8c
SHA1: 206d442fcce418e3065b4b2572d695bcc9fc897b
MD5sum: bb45d3e4a5a23b10c0c5d6967a470214
Description: guest additions iso image for VirtualBox
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 an iso image which contains the guest additions
for Linux, Solaris and Windows to be installed on the host system. The guest
systems then can mount the iso and install the guest additions from there.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Tag: role::app-data
Section: non-free/misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/non-free/v/virtualbox-guest-additions-iso/virtualbox-guest-additions-iso_7.0.14-1_all.deb