How To Install virtualbox-ext-pack on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-ext-pack on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is virtualbox-ext-pack
virtualbox-ext-pack is:
VirtualBox requires an extension pack to provide support for Remote Desktop Protocol, USB 2.0, PXE booting for Intel network cards, etc. This PUEL-licensed extension pack is free for personal use.
This package downloads the extension pack from internet during install.
Package: virtualbox-ext-pack Architecture: all Version: 6.1.6-1 Priority: extra Section: multiverse/misc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 127 Pre-Depends: debconf Depends: virtualbox (>= 6.1.6-dfsg-0~) | virtualbox-6.1, virtualbox (« 6.1.6-dfsg-z) | virtualbox-6.1, wget, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-ext-pack/virtualbox-ext-pack_6.1.6-1_all.deb Size: 10084 MD5sum: bcb3284b736417d27ee526fc287580cb SHA1: b34ce302f46ff8cdf033b78243c419eeb938a59e SHA256: c8f73f1024c79adb7e50ebf6742ad939d5c1e33681f9a9ebd0cfb11d2e31b073 Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org Description-en: extra capabilities for VirtualBox, downloader. VirtualBox requires an extension pack to provide support for Remote Desktop Protocol, USB 2.0, PXE booting for Intel network cards, etc. This PUEL-licensed extension pack is free for personal use.
This package downloads the extension pack from internet during install.
There are three methods to install virtualbox-ext-pack on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install virtualbox-ext-pack Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install virtualbox-ext-pack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install virtualbox-ext-pack
Install virtualbox-ext-pack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install virtualbox-ext-pack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install virtualbox-ext-pack
Install virtualbox-ext-pack Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install virtualbox-ext-pack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install virtualbox-ext-pack
How To Uninstall virtualbox-ext-pack on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the virtualbox-ext-pack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-ext-pack
Uninstall virtualbox-ext-pack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall virtualbox-ext-pack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove virtualbox-ext-pack
Remove virtualbox-ext-pack Configurations and Data
To remove virtualbox-ext-pack configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge virtualbox-ext-pack
Remove virtualbox-ext-pack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove virtualbox-ext-pack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtualbox-ext-pack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-ext-pack package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
