How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox-guest-additions-iso Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-additions-iso" package

Learn how to install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall virtualbox-guest-additions-iso on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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-additions-iso package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
Architecture: all
Version: 5.1.38-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 58235
Recommends: virtualbox (>= 5.1.38)
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
Breaks: virtualbox-guest-additions (<< 4.0.6-1~)
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-additions (<< 4.0.6-1~)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-guest-additions-iso/virtualbox-guest-additions-iso_5.1.38-0ubuntu1.16.04.1_all.deb
Size: 39918002
MD5sum: ca346b928c38989df6f283f231e2a6fd
SHA1: 40c02738e117fd105270632568a97abbaf3ddd6e
SHA256: 5ffa1516565b8970b0b6ba2ca61ef998dc2638c045de0053406885b03d0e648c
SHA512: f6a0b4d621a990a7433df0c5b96e5abf2f67dda1fd3a0753b70c709ac5952f10600ddb829a8ea50c75c4e56cc25b022731faf3768600e29dc18cefb18242766c
Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
Description-en: guest additions iso image for VirtualBox
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 an iso image which contains the guest additions
for Linux, Solaris and Windows to be installed on the host system. The guest
systems then can mount the iso and install the guest additions from there.
Description-md5: 11a9eaac064138ec238f7c2ee4c018df

Package: virtualbox-guest-additions-iso
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/misc
Installed-Size: 56803
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Architecture: all
Version: 5.0.18-1
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-additions (<< 4.0.6-1~)
Recommends: virtualbox (>= 5.0.18)
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
Breaks: virtualbox-guest-additions (<< 4.0.6-1~)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-guest-additions-iso/virtualbox-guest-additions-iso_5.0.18-1_all.deb
Size: 38657970
MD5sum: baca6e554c1006e9912042116cd77b23
SHA1: a9a6881dc5fc26730866d580854d42bc6f6737ec
SHA256: 48464caac395e09fd5fea48a9559d8d52cd4d900faa0ea50190f2a8a443e56ee
Description-en: guest additions iso image for VirtualBox
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 an iso image which contains the guest additions
for Linux, Solaris and Windows to be installed on the host system. The guest
systems then can mount the iso and install the guest additions from there.
Description-md5: 11a9eaac064138ec238f7c2ee4c018df
Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu