How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox-guest-source-hwe Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

Please follow the instructions below to install virtualbox-guest-source-hwe on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall virtualbox-guest-source-hwe on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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-source-hwe package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: virtualbox-guest-source-hwe
Architecture: all
Version: 6.1.16-dfsg-6ubuntu1.20.10.1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/kernel
Source: virtualbox-hwe
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1193
Provides: virtualbox-guest-source
Depends: build-essential, bzip2, debhelper-compat (= 12), kbuild, module-assistant
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-source
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-source
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-source-hwe_6.1.16-dfsg-6ubuntu1.20.10.1_all.deb
Size: 1118636
MD5sum: a672463616839b3f2cdb7d004bb778cb
SHA1: 8e3e9d34f32361928b0530108bfaccbb82fc45fd
SHA256: 8f09f03314b8fdad83bfc2a55cc7adf3f9d3ab086249d8e03119ab27c857f120
SHA512: 7c804bfea4c22414a7b7ee22a3de2483278eedd1bd04fc321cf1e92aedde89757101670e10200a9f15e1883ed6910704f6014cfb028e64071228e138c5ce3313
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description-en: x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source
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.
.
This package provides the source code for the virtualbox guest addition kernel
modules. The virtualbox-guest-utils package is also required in order to
make use of these modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile
these modules.
.
The source is placed under /usr/src, and after decompression it can
be built to produce a virtualbox-guest-modules-_KVERS_ providing
"virtualbox-guest-modules" package.
Description-md5: 4e8ea50b26a8f2bc5f4e7ef943a32a06

Package: virtualbox-guest-source-hwe
Architecture: all
Version: 6.1.16-dfsg-1ubuntu1.20.10.1
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/kernel
Source: virtualbox-hwe
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1182
Provides: virtualbox-guest-source
Depends: build-essential, bzip2, debhelper-compat (= 12), kbuild, module-assistant
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-source
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-source
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-source-hwe_6.1.16-dfsg-1ubuntu1.20.10.1_all.deb
Size: 1108620
MD5sum: d05cda8207a263742eaebbd9d374b295
SHA1: 4912b0cf8a658c01dd0cb148cd0085dced3738dc
SHA256: e9ca2d210e810e50e06c3540cc77a1b7d0cc7a03d401c270f569f57cf55497dc
SHA512: d1aa92d168a0e07df8cf08e36d8812a3ff93d01f80889631a62e2e15bafc1cb0f35d4ef748b6ad4bd8d5980d8c74ccb476a4d76699ccb4778d6f8337482faf22
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description-en: x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source
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.
.
This package provides the source code for the virtualbox guest addition kernel
modules. The virtualbox-guest-utils package is also required in order to
make use of these modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile
these modules.
.
The source is placed under /usr/src, and after decompression it can
be built to produce a virtualbox-guest-modules-_KVERS_ providing
"virtualbox-guest-modules" package.
Description-md5: 4e8ea50b26a8f2bc5f4e7ef943a32a06