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How To Uninstall virtualbox-dkms On Debian 8
To uninstall virtualbox-dkms just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add virtualbox-dkmsagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just virtualbox-dkms
http://installion.co.uk/debian/jessie/contrib/v/virtualbox-dkms/uninstall/index.htmlx86 virtualization solution – kernel module sources for dkmsDebian 8.0contrib/kernel4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-dkms
This will remove just the virtualbox-dkms package itself.
Uninstall virtualbox-dkms and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove virtualbox-dkms
This will remove the virtualbox-dkms package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for virtualbox-dkms then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-dkms
Or similarly, like this virtualbox-dkms
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove virtualbox-dkms
Package Data
| Package | virtualbox-dkms |
| Version | 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1 |
| Maintainer | Debian Virtualbox Team <[email protected]> |
| Home page | http://www.virtualbox.org/ |
| Description | x86 virtualization solution – kernel module sources for dkms |
| Distro | debian |
| Release | jessie |
| Repo | contrib |
| Section | contrib/kernel |