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

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.26-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: 5843
Depends: adduser, pciutils, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 6.1.26-dfsg-4)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_6.1.26-dfsg-4_amd64.deb
Size: 1020954
MD5sum: b8dcd1ab74354aa04eb80ae0409ffef9
SHA1: 7108344c3805daf7ffe49625ebfca83b8b079116
SHA256: b1a7b31c571ba00a3ffee7175629bd89caf6d74dad39d367cda4f64a6da82858
SHA512: 6e921d5f2813faa984c969c725075a0a14f070318e1ded806293f5949a94e1dadb43594996e0e66203bbe271737ebe735e98ecd7c675a3ded8da305bd5bdd1dd
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.
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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.
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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