How To Install virtualbox-guest-dkms on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-dkms on Kali Linux.

What is virtualbox-guest-dkms

virtualbox-guest-dkms 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 source code for the virtualbox guest addition kernel modules to be build with dkms. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile these modules.

There are three methods to install virtualbox-guest-dkms on Kali Linux. 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-dkms 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-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install virtualbox-guest-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install virtualbox-guest-dkms

Install virtualbox-guest-dkms Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install virtualbox-guest-dkms

How To Uninstall virtualbox-guest-dkms on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest-dkms

Uninstall virtualbox-guest-dkms And Its Dependencies

To uninstall virtualbox-guest-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove virtualbox-guest-dkms

Remove virtualbox-guest-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove virtualbox-guest-dkms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

virtualbox-guest-dkms have the following dependencies:

• dkms

References

• virtualbox-guest-dkms website

Summary

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