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

Last updated: December 29,2024

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

Please follow the instructions below to install virtualbox-guest-source-hwe 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-source-hwe" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall virtualbox-guest-source-hwe 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-source-hwe package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: virtualbox-guest-source-hwe
Architecture: all
Version: 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/kernel
Source: virtualbox-hwe
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 774
Provides: virtualbox-guest-source
Depends: build-essential, bzip2, debhelper (>= 9), kbuild, module-assistant
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-source
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-source
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-source-hwe_5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2_all.deb
Size: 697908
MD5sum: d53b8600baebb96e5c868ced26080f01
SHA1: 661bfb59c5d91163257250d183e0a59764fc9de2
SHA256: 53f9016bb41598c3e2eeeb339331e183ba33ccd5c9976a6533dbc1ae730d7aca
SHA512: c1359828faf747cdf25d978d6be2cf4ac25710ec856389dc04e84114cb56436c97427d23da306f482149303036fc01fa63ad57e494366941c6aca632ca71e5cb
Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
Description-en: x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source
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 source code for the virtualbox guest addition kernel
modules. The virtualbox-guest-utils package is also required in order to
make use of these modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile
these modules.
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The source is placed under /usr/src, and after decompression it can
be built to produce a virtualbox-guest-modules-_KVERS_ providing
"virtualbox-guest-modules" package.
Description-md5: 4e8ea50b26a8f2bc5f4e7ef943a32a06