How To Install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe 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 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. Modaliases: vboxx11(pci:v000080EEd0000BEEFsv00000000sd00000000bcsci*)
Package: virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe Architecture: amd64 Version: 6.1.16-dfsg-6ubuntu1.20.04.2 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/x11 Source: virtualbox-hwe Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 8737 Provides: virtualbox-guest-x11, xorg-driver-video Depends: libnotify-bin, x11-xserver-utils, virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6ubuntu1.20.04.2), libc6 (>= 2.17), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxmu6, libxt6, xorg-video-abi-24, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18.99.901) Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-x11 Replaces: virtualbox-guest-x11 Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe_6.1.16-dfsg-6ubuntu1.20.04.2_amd64.deb Size: 2155252 MD5sum: 088e49227595bb0355be7d887c569763 SHA1: d181b5d39810f9f05b19f4db8f2e1c895f770907 SHA256: c9dcbd838504c4cfabcfeb8fbe6186e1488fec25203f3a971e4a18a182b9b03c SHA512: de1596b2d961176c8a86e5ca9c024fbcb4cb95efba17e71f5fcca5c982a78d8693b6d3ac162a91bf5793ab0c6ef96be060dfde96fb358f859605250dda48fc33 Homepage: https://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.
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. Modaliases: vboxx11(pci:v000080EEd0000BEEFsv00000000sd00000000bcsci*)
Package: virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe Architecture: amd64 Version: 6.1.6-dfsg-2ubuntu20.04.1 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/x11 Source: virtualbox-hwe Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 8663 Provides: virtualbox-guest-x11, xorg-driver-video Depends: libnotify-bin, x11-xserver-utils, virtualbox-guest-utils-hwe (= 6.1.6-dfsg-2ubuntu20.04.1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxmu6, libxt6, xorg-video-abi-24, xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.18.99.901) Conflicts: virtualbox-guest-x11 Replaces: virtualbox-guest-x11 Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox-hwe/virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe_6.1.6-dfsg-2ubuntu20.04.1_amd64.deb Size: 2131000 MD5sum: e818783acf8bb0261d0adfe0bae70513 SHA1: a46d8c0a495db44c3b67a894a9ee580c2cbe0eda SHA256: e8c4cca17c0b03276059c1a6c0ce6eceb5995a92b52005a6727850ff1a11ef9c Homepage: https://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.
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. Modaliases: vboxx11(pci:v000080EEd0000BEEFsv00000000sd00000000bcsci*)
There are three methods to install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe 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-x11-hwe 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-x11-hwe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
Install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
Install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe 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-x11-hwe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
How To Uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
Uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe 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-x11-hwe
Remove virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe Configurations and Data
To remove virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
Remove virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-x11-hwe package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
