How To Install virtualbox-guest-dkms on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-dkms on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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-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 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-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install virtualbox-guest-dkms
How To Uninstall virtualbox-guest-dkms on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-dkms package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
