How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 25,2024

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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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-hwe package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/misc
Source: virtualbox-hwe
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7660
Provides: virtualbox-guest-utils
Depends: adduser, pciutils, virtualbox-guest-dkms-hwe (= 5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1) | virtualbox-guest-source-hwe (= 5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1) | virtualbox-guest-modules-hwe, libc6 (>= 2.3.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe (= 5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1)
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-utils
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-utils
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe_5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1278652
MD5sum: 3b2e3256c24d6a86562fbc1b87686f2e
SHA1: ef2650020080b195de0a6e5fcdc50e5dfbfbc9e0
SHA256: 6feee12663ac0f9eb43d59f173af4662fc14407e98df4d0d55a2e78f71df60bf
SHA512: 3015a3c6791475ee6a324be7f04e00d8974be228f28341b4147413899dd84adcc6cab7b3ec587097d05d709da0475e58dcd1a59d21c998a912e22715dd5e3e4f
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description: x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
Description-md5: e69be43e48223cb949bed0ec7715d1e7

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.10-dfsg-6ubuntu18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/misc
Source: virtualbox-hwe
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7822
Provides: virtualbox-guest-utils
Depends: adduser, pciutils, virtualbox-guest-dkms-hwe (= 5.2.10-dfsg-6ubuntu18.04.1) | virtualbox-guest-source-hwe (= 5.2.10-dfsg-6ubuntu18.04.1) | virtualbox-guest-modules-hwe, libc6 (>= 2.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe (= 5.2.10-dfsg-6ubuntu18.04.1)
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-utils
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-utils
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe_5.2.10-dfsg-6ubuntu18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1308924
MD5sum: e6a67a97c5dbce1fa102b88d78cd7805
SHA1: 63f3c3f50c7e3d1c279303e5e5c6b95d0df0946f
SHA256: 41d24761582df2de217b004ad2791397f9e1836676fe623677fa5e1681fdb393
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description: x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
Description-md5: e69be43e48223cb949bed0ec7715d1e7