How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.0.14-dfsg-4
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/misc
Source: virtualbox
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1872
Depends: adduser, pciutils, libc6 (>= 2.38), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 7.0.14-dfsg-4)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_7.0.14-dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 436520
MD5sum: c5896dbb7039e5ac5c9f02eadc0f04b5
SHA1: 695a096661a7e95ebbf3b0b2da10facd5b29f52d
SHA256: 9164938f56f40cef9845b8b0ef4c66f8fba6f546f0c476a16f25dbd9ab43c286
SHA512: 42fe730449c4421994b0e23dba629181d2ef00feefa3d364dec03d193fe598363c3c11bf235078d6ba8f1473dc72f1e4cd3882e20716d1b0c27b75ac553d768e
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description: x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
Description-md5: 0c420aa026ad03a572b15c6e38dbebf7