Removing default Virtualbox guest additions?
From using the commands:
dpkg -l | grep virtualbox
ii unity-scope-virtualbox 0.1+13.10.20130723-0ubuntu1 all VirtualBox scope for Unity
And
lsmod | grep vboxguest
vboxguest 282624 6 vboxsf,vboxvideo
Since you want to remove these packages do as follows:
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modules
vboxguest
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Change into
/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-<version_number>
foldercd /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-<version_number>
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In there run:
sudo ./uninstall.sh
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For the guest additions
unity-scope-virtualbox
:sudo dpkg-query -s unity-scope-virtualbox Package: unity-scope-virtualbox Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 77 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> Architecture: all Version: 0.1+13.10.20130723-0ubuntu1 Replaces: unity-lens-vm Provides: unity-lens-vm Depends: python3, python3-gi, gir1.2-unity-5.0 (>= 7), gir1.2-dee-1.0 (>= 1.2.5), unity-scopes-runner, gir1.2-glib-2.0 Conflicts: unity-lens-vm Description: VirtualBox scope for Unity This package contains the "virtualbox" scope which allows Unity to search for VirtualBox content. Original-Maintainer: David Callé <[email protected]> Homepage: https://launchpad.net/unity-scope-virtualbox
- This is used by unity for search and probably be left alone.