How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe" package

This tutorial shows how to install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 7.0.14-dfsg-4ubuntu1.24.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/x11
Source: virtualbox-hwe
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3341
Provides: virtualbox-guest-x11, xorg-driver-video
Depends: libnotify-bin, x11-xserver-utils, virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe (= 7.0.14-dfsg-4ubuntu1.24.04.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxmu6 (>= 2:1.1.3), libxt6, xorg-video-abi-25, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:21.1.1)
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-x11
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-x11
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe_7.0.14-dfsg-4ubuntu1.24.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1265454
MD5sum: f041725a6c1188b3319145042fa3814a
SHA1: 08139d0c6bef87355407cad2601c1889e490be3c
SHA256: 268b3844aa7683671b9f25553a55ad3349cf0e57dd59063db298c272100336eb
SHA512: 3040e730f6c3cb7ed3df016431599b6612a4a10fc8a25f2fda531be79bced90ca07a6b3b34e6e368f75d42a218ffad534874bfc79134648ab0d4f12d08bdeaba
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description: x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities
Description-md5: 3487afde0b114ec7e205b11f1dd3f7a5
Modaliases: vboxx11(pci:v000080EEd0000BEEFsv00000000sd00000000bc*sc*i*)