How To Install virtualbox-qt on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-qt on Ubuntu 20.04. virtualbox-qt is x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface

Introduction

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

What is virtualbox-qt

virtualbox-qt 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 Qt based graphical user interface for VirtualBox.

Package: virtualbox-qt 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: 58616 Depends: virtualbox (= 6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2), libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.4.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.4.0), libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.12.2), libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxcb1, libxext6 Breaks: virtualbox (« 4.1.6-dfsg-2~) Replaces: virtualbox (« 4.1.6-dfsg-2~) Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-qt_6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2_amd64.deb Size: 21720616 MD5sum: 608b1b2664722e67211d6e06a1286969 SHA1: 0658e4bccbf3b26660e716b3bb8636c4a841f9a2 SHA256: 2e7e93979a6fd9a0ec0b4c3c75c033aefdd07f0b092344e4feed0fe1cc69e59f SHA512: 74655daa0202854a0d41a9356156b1e7a9f77032d49968a0016e91ad3eb4c5838853713bbb99256bcf112f15c463e6cbcc4299c7314b1d0036e19736ad4e14c2 Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org Description-en: x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface 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 Qt based graphical user interface for VirtualBox.

Package: virtualbox-qt 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: 58313 Depends: virtualbox (= 6.1.6-dfsg-1), libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgl1, libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.4.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.4.0), libqt5opengl5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5printsupport5 (>= 5.0.2), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.12.2), libqt5x11extras5 (>= 5.6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-6, libxcb1, libxext6 Breaks: virtualbox (« 4.1.6-dfsg-2~) Replaces: virtualbox (« 4.1.6-dfsg-2~) Filename: pool/multiverse/v/virtualbox/virtualbox-qt_6.1.6-dfsg-1_amd64.deb Size: 21693956 MD5sum: 24bb827175f0e80671e0a9606c3eb0b8 SHA1: 0f54c66bf801b83f12652e50626472dd9d26a18e SHA256: cc0f696cd904471145413c5719893008bc2c044374f42abc566ec1827e08466b Homepage: https://www.virtualbox.org Description-en: x86 virtualization solution - Qt based user interface 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 Qt based graphical user interface for VirtualBox.

There are three methods to install virtualbox-qt 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-qt 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-qt using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install virtualbox-qt

Install virtualbox-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install virtualbox-qt

Install virtualbox-qt 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-qt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install virtualbox-qt

How To Uninstall virtualbox-qt on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-qt

Uninstall virtualbox-qt And Its Dependencies

To uninstall virtualbox-qt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove virtualbox-qt

Remove virtualbox-qt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge virtualbox-qt

Remove virtualbox-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virtualbox-qt

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Summary

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