How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 27,2024

You can also install and uninstall the virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

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

This tutorial shows how to install virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1
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: 17939
Provides: virtualbox-guest-utils
Depends: adduser, pciutils, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe (= 6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1)
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-utils
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-utils
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe_6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 4247590
MD5sum: eb0441bd4b37191a7210e5b8139ae8c1
SHA1: 5acdc5f07b89d68c3605878b3581470150e11615
SHA256: b73e10b3a80808810ae8685768600cbfe9ff24ad80c734ebcf519cc2f632d806
SHA512: d20e0fb35f9db1853e8ad29058081d4fe2eff74c71fac87890c449dcf9c58200bbdd2c9f0c4b0d8179497fff9357d7320449afd0d8b696fc4b00be8b5de0aa90
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description: x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
Description-md5: 0c420aa026ad03a572b15c6e38dbebf7

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.34-dfsg-1ubuntu1.22.04.1
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: 17550
Provides: virtualbox-guest-utils
Depends: adduser, pciutils, libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe (= 6.1.34-dfsg-1ubuntu1.22.04.1)
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-utils
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-utils
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe_6.1.34-dfsg-1ubuntu1.22.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 4168060
MD5sum: dd0a0d279300173b3a4aaf98c0c4a027
SHA1: ddbf0fa7078af170e1775d4dfc9d74a5d7052756
SHA256: 73539d7dcca67d15d14d35a25461edecbaad3a5a95150ed822cf62e7b855bf6d
SHA512: 001f637eb0870ab5e1e22ef3a46f8c5e2f5f69281fb237cdaba0f9184727fab3fa18ef598e4572390605f2b8e2b9d305ade83b0075cfa0fa63f0bcdf73d05547
Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org
Description: x86 virtualization solution - non-X11 guest utilities
Description-md5: e69be43e48223cb949bed0ec7715d1e7