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How To Uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils On Debian 8
To uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add virtualbox-guest-utilsagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just virtualbox-guest-utils
http://installion.co.uk/debian/jessie/contrib/v/virtualbox-guest-utils/uninstall/index.htmlx86 virtualization solution – non-X11 guest utilitiesDebian 8.0contrib/misc4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-guest-utils
This will remove just the virtualbox-guest-utils package itself.
Uninstall virtualbox-guest-utils and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove virtualbox-guest-utils
This will remove the virtualbox-guest-utils 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-guest-utils then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-guest-utils
Or similarly, like this virtualbox-guest-utils
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove virtualbox-guest-utils
Package Data
| Package | virtualbox-guest-utils |
| Version | 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1 |
| Maintainer | Debian Virtualbox Team <[email protected]> |
| Home page | http://www.virtualbox.org/ |
| Description | x86 virtualization solution – non-X11 guest utilities |
| Distro | debian |
| Release | jessie |
| Repo | contrib |
| Section | contrib/misc |