How to Install and Uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11-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-x11-hwe package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/x11
Source: virtualbox-hwe
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27690
Provides: virtualbox-guest-x11, xorg-driver-video
Depends: libnotify-bin, x11-xserver-utils, virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe (= 5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libx11-6, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxmu6, libxrandr2, libxt6, xorg-video-abi-23, xserver-xorg-core-hwe-16.04 (>= 2:1.18.99.901)
Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-x11
Replaces: virtualbox-guest-x11
Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe_5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 4093864
MD5sum: 5cb328c0b99a89572bb586a838f2b2f3
SHA1: 7d453eba2c5dd4d5c3f97e7c1bcef7e7e32986fc
SHA256: 4f8ffd57771ddab364d6fe3c08731c411490731ad79c00c25a52a32361435061
SHA512: 7f3ebc52fb68a7614055699e3ff5b6aa31910d3d1c77db279db20e3269269da05e9e0c50e94c8543776d187925c63366019a3505c8c94fdc956f79f4bc37b12f
Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
Description-en: x86 virtualization solution - 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 X11 guest utilities for VirtualBox. These utilities
are meant to be run inside the virtual machine.
They provide closer integration and improve the interactive performance.
Description-md5: 3487afde0b114ec7e205b11f1dd3f7a5
Modaliases: vboxx11(pci:v000080EEd0000BEEFsv00000000sd00000000bc*sc*i*)