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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install virtualbox-guest-utils on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "virtualbox-guest-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils 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-utils package on Kali Linux

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Source: virtualbox (7.0.14-dfsg-1)
Version: 7.0.14-dfsg-1+b1
Installed-Size: 1863
Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, pciutils, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 7.0.14-dfsg-1+b1)
Size: 403212
SHA256: 7c5a2d87450c1203c61f08628d8cab538c0b9eba0fd5b447954ed220dfcdcff3
SHA1: 6d03db623afeb531a2456cdb5b5c46ee87201c0b
MD5sum: 25a9b7b1d9f76ac6b2290d5c1386ca3b
Description: x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
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 non-X11 guest utilities for VirtualBox. These
utilities are meant to be run inside the virtual machine.
They provide closer integration and allow to share data through shared folders
between the host system and the virtual machine.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Tag: admin::virtualization, implemented-in::python, interface::commandline,
role::program, suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: contrib/misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/contrib/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_7.0.14-dfsg-1+b1_amd64.deb