How To Install virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is virtualbox-guest-utils
virtualbox-guest-utils is:
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.
Package: virtualbox-guest-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/misc Source: virtualbox Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5797 Depends: adduser, pciutils, virtualbox-guest-dkms (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2) | virtualbox-guest-source (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2) | virtualbox-guest-modules, libc6 (>= 2.17), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2) Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2_amd64.deb Size: 870760 MD5sum: 28cfe4f6867031e0b34d355bb1ea8ebb SHA1: 8c45b52607aaf576e3f95c38468a75497e4ee8bd SHA256: 74e8f60b2346be58ed5c9b5960936c556b506dbf577d1e06e792a60f19cabb40 SHA512: 6669573608db91f686533a254f2d6db6a01e3c7850b4b296ec745ac8f6385806c9b24ad98981cff5da2fa4da95d9f4586b84b39382ca1be8dc0caa9d39bc8e93 Homepage: https://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.
Package: virtualbox-guest-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 6.1.6-dfsg-1 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/misc Source: virtualbox Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5695 Depends: adduser, pciutils, virtualbox-guest-dkms (= 6.1.6-dfsg-1) | virtualbox-guest-source (= 6.1.6-dfsg-1) | virtualbox-guest-modules, libc6 (>= 2.17), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: virtualbox-guest-x11 (= 6.1.6-dfsg-1) Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-utils_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb Size: 853260 MD5sum: 797d8d687f298b69bd3812dbee01cdc9 SHA1: b37b99380e5408c3a6b438f851ee797cacce2d9f SHA256: cf366c3ada360baf97a119b27fee6cbaba137528ce743bb9a5d1f06f7ed2e99d Homepage: https://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.
There are three methods to install virtualbox-guest-utils 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-guest-utils 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-guest-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install virtualbox-guest-utils
Install virtualbox-guest-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install virtualbox-guest-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install virtualbox-guest-utils
Install virtualbox-guest-utils 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-guest-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install virtualbox-guest-utils
How To Uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the virtualbox-guest-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest-utils
Uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove virtualbox-guest-utils
Remove virtualbox-guest-utils Configurations and Data
To remove virtualbox-guest-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge virtualbox-guest-utils
Remove virtualbox-guest-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove virtualbox-guest-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtualbox-guest-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
