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

Last updated: May 07,2024

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

This guide covers the steps necessary to install virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe 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-hwe package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
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: 6937
Provides: virtualbox-guest-utils
Depends: adduser, pciutils, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.15), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Recommends: virtualbox-guest-dkms-hwe (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) | virtualbox-guest-source-hwe (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2) | virtualbox-guest-modules-hwe, virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2)
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-utils
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-utils
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe_5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 1235416
MD5sum: 0d23c0f3a8f92cde0bd0aa11b5e3bba2
SHA1: d24f6e0cb924860bd12f55d4f65ba8ee18ab9a6d
SHA256: 44055d368369c04f96efbfdb54a8dd071cd99a631648843e4ecaeb318a633d2b
SHA512: ce9bc875c2f2b5479f5eefe0791c6a8d1277a9db69b7e285c1778f87129d80dd85fe5e8dada57ab471a9449756e8135e1f8630140ede58f985bc07d220bb867e
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.
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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