How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: March 29,2024

1. Install "virtualbox" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install virtualbox on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install virtualbox

2. Uninstall "virtualbox" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall virtualbox on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove virtualbox $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the virtualbox package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: virtualbox
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.26-dfsg-4
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 108842
Depends: adduser, iproute2, procps, virtualbox-dkms (>= 6.1.26-dfsg-4) | virtualbox-source (>= 6.1.26-dfsg-4) | virtualbox-modules, python3 (<< 3.10), python3 (>= 3.9~), python3.9, python3:any, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libgsoap-2.8.104, liblzf1 (>= 1.5), libopus0 (>= 1.1), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libpython3.9 (>= 3.9.1), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libvncserver1 (>= 0.9.10), libvpx6 (>= 1.6.0), libx11-6, libxcursor1 (>> 1.1.2), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: virtualbox-qt (= 6.1.26-dfsg-4), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.1), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.0.2) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.0.2), libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.0.2), libxcb1, libxext6
Suggests: vde2, virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
Conflicts: virtualbox-2.0, virtualbox-2.1, virtualbox-2.2, virtualbox-3.0, virtualbox-3.1, virtualbox-3.2, virtualbox-4.0, virtualbox-4.1, virtualbox-4.2, virtualbox-4.3, virtualbox-5.0, virtualbox-5.1, virtualbox-5.2, virtualbox-6.0, virtualbox-6.1
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox_6.1.26-dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 23191226
MD5sum: 048ea6036aba2fc16e0f855e74e0422d
SHA1: 5b02c14f4f63d3aec14a6f1c6caa7355e8603e89
SHA256: 74ff247e63b31f9ff3c4818e514ee6e3bbbae3e0e59cee02792f71d5a491f4cf
SHA512: 3283195577ae7fe6728fad8d732562e1f5a4dd0f9247b5b5da746a23157e8a34281020dcfe2f1fe9e5f4dc1aaf9108128bd673cd190e330a8e5a66640a4cbe9d
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description-en: x86 virtualization solution - base binaries
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 binaries for VirtualBox. Either the virtualbox-dkms
or the virtualbox-source package is also required in order to compile the
kernel modules needed for virtualbox. A graphical user interface for
VirtualBox is provided by the package virtualbox-qt.
Description-md5: 30f96d22c1a6ca04db16bdc1e79ad965