How To Install virtualbox-guest-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04. virtualbox-guest-x11 is x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities x86 virtualization solution - X11 guest utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is virtualbox-guest-x11

virtualbox-guest-x11 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 Architecture: amd64 Version: 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/x11 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: 2034 Provides: xorg-driver-video Depends: libnotify-bin, x11-xserver-utils, virtualbox-guest-utils (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2), 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) Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-x11_6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2_amd64.deb Size: 550916 MD5sum: 9ff018489467e6f3f6072ba7333916ca SHA1: 2516fff1196cb8ea160ed3e528276baa45cc8e3b SHA256: 279d33b19b69ce161130e407c7a38b4cbcfbc467ec05a8fd1d0c05fa970f100c SHA512: ced2caabd097928631af3bfae4fd60cf3dedb72f6c29de948d670f01d93a3e0bbbb5500ea62ce629b5f8ee9e6a64f1c46480a578447c2a09001cd444ab0f488c 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 Architecture: amd64 Version: 6.1.6-dfsg-1 Priority: optional Section: multiverse/x11 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: 1992 Provides: xorg-driver-video Depends: libnotify-bin, x11-xserver-utils, virtualbox-guest-utils (= 6.1.6-dfsg-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) Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-guest-x11_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb Size: 536312 MD5sum: b7f5e78e87fe9f1f31785575d98cb1a5 SHA1: a75bfb0699c24e4ad7c8de03518ff85e897f2646 SHA256: 3fbc5d691247966c04c1982b7fad748f1e674b62633ac30c4fb925b7d9791412 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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install virtualbox-guest-x11

Install virtualbox-guest-x11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install virtualbox-guest-x11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install virtualbox-guest-x11

Install virtualbox-guest-x11 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install virtualbox-guest-x11

How To Uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the virtualbox-guest-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest-x11

Uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall virtualbox-guest-x11 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

Remove virtualbox-guest-x11 Configurations and Data

To remove virtualbox-guest-x11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge virtualbox-guest-x11

Remove virtualbox-guest-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove virtualbox-guest-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtualbox-guest-x11

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-x11 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.