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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-utils" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virtualbox-guest-utils package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3
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: 2284
Depends: adduser, pciutils, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Recommends: virtualbox-guest-dkms (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3) | virtualbox-guest-source (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3) | virtualbox-guest-modules
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3_amd64.deb
Size: 398318
MD5sum: fb328d8be48f9d00be129b954cbb780a
SHA1: dc3da223a2c269d7276475526f8c85787ace54c0
SHA256: 81571bf739cecd82d1dadf47aafbdea1a786ae9280995a5758618dabf4eb8e37
SHA512: 72ffdebd4d81950fda6d66ddef3cd919cd0d53858d18b970a095cf538cf73043a28151977b05832cdcb5b5357964c9667dc7bb4fa6eade2f46afcad67477ec19
Homepage: http://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.
.
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.
.
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

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
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: 2283
Depends: adduser, pciutils, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Recommends: virtualbox-guest-dkms (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) | virtualbox-guest-source (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) | virtualbox-guest-modules
Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 399170
MD5sum: bbe91554fb8ecf0c413a89d922f0ff75
SHA1: 296b042ee65896f987c967125ee4a3967ea4763f
SHA256: 169def5fb8bf5677fd9f7d5338c58d15b626e63e87d7c98e7ea146afb1dd9386
SHA512: c8f80ef01ea60ee1e188497f8dc17f9dae7045d25235547e6fa740fdd6e6b461b6218ff32a55d90ef83ce2c604edba6bff51f86fca120bb413a7042c1e75886c
Homepage: http://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.
.
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.
.
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

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/misc
Installed-Size: 2169
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: virtualbox
Version: 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1
Depends: adduser, pciutils, libc6 (>= 2.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Recommends: virtualbox-guest-dkms (= 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1) | virtualbox-guest-source (= 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1) | virtualbox-guest-modules, virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 5.0.18-dfsg-2build1)
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_5.0.18-dfsg-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 386936
MD5sum: db4a993943c38a8a926509dd352135fc
SHA1: 74a0a401fc52d67dedf2f02162f0a73590e57391
SHA256: d2a511d78e0654f4e59c02c03ae7203108666815996d0133f3109d357ea208e1
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.
.
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.
Description-md5: 0c420aa026ad03a572b15c6e38dbebf7
Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu