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How To Uninstall virtualbox-source On Ubuntu 15.10
To uninstall virtualbox-source just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add virtualbox-sourceagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just virtualbox-source
http://installion.co.uk/ubuntu/wily/main/v/virtualbox-source/uninstall/index.htmlx86 virtualization solution – kernel module sourceUbuntu 15.10multiverse/kernel5.0.4-dfsg-2sudo apt-get remove virtualbox-source
This will remove just the virtualbox-source package itself.
Uninstall virtualbox-source and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove virtualbox-source
This will remove the virtualbox-source 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-source then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge virtualbox-source
Or similarly, like this virtualbox-source
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove virtualbox-source
Package Data
| Package | virtualbox-source |
| Version | 5.0.4-dfsg-2 |
| Maintainer | Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> |
| Home page | http://www.virtualbox.org/ |
| Description | x86 virtualization solution – kernel module source |
| Distro | ubuntu |
| Release | wily |
| Repo | main |
| Section | multiverse/kernel |