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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virtualbox-guest-utils package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.10.1
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: 5853
Depends: adduser, pciutils, virtualbox-guest-dkms (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.10.1) | virtualbox-guest-source (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.10.1) | virtualbox-guest-modules, libc6 (>= 2.32), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.10.1)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.10.1_amd64.deb
Size: 888312
MD5sum: 658d689e4ee5f0b232f7918c6a18e7eb
SHA1: 9065adc70fad0150522e1946a8f0efaa86eef742
SHA256: 095d89c7af7c5e407d74721a5228f4b5e6efd1c9ee8097aac42177df9a277d12
SHA512: 17ca529c41d3af58c1efa0884e884ede48b1272cd9d42f069e913a8f3b9915a748231a277fa2d9522ae664981e672c6496d4f035a36c34b4e5d8184020c03e4d
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description-en: 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.
.
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.
.
Either the virtualbox-guest-dkms or the virtualbox-guest-source package is
also required in order to compile the kernel modules needed for
virtualbox-guest-utils.
Description-md5: e69be43e48223cb949bed0ec7715d1e7

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.14-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: 5844
Depends: adduser, pciutils, virtualbox-guest-dkms (= 6.1.14-dfsg-4) | virtualbox-guest-source (= 6.1.14-dfsg-4) | virtualbox-guest-modules, libc6 (>= 2.32), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 6.1.14-dfsg-4)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_6.1.14-dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 887456
MD5sum: 43374cdc407c979f10abce4a4eef2e11
SHA1: 0e0d2e93f7cc23be80eaf878bfe5916d49aa571c
SHA256: 993351f26f1315bc1e4c10e4037125f2be83a5a574deab3e23365fb9025d7a48
SHA512: dbf56aa8002d4cc3e1adb1647f005552a636bc6ac54cdf94168040f41dd050aa3244234de19298e6bf8021ec314c4da1a9058b3f608e43481fbb6a2097d5ba08
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description-en: 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.
.
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.
.
Either the virtualbox-guest-dkms or the virtualbox-guest-source package is
also required in order to compile the kernel modules needed for
virtualbox-guest-utils.
Description-md5: e69be43e48223cb949bed0ec7715d1e7