How To Install virtualbox-guest-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtualbox-guest-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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.
There are three methods to install virtualbox-guest-x11 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-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 18.04
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 18.04, 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 18.04 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 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
