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How to remove preinstalled VirtualBox Guest Additions from Ubuntu
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Removing Preinstalled VirtualBox Guest Additions from Ubuntu

Ubuntu 18.04 (and 19.03) has an older version of the VirtualBox Guest Additions preinstalled. The "normal" method of using the VirtualBox Guest Additions image (VBoxGuestAdditions.iso) to upgrade doesn't work unless the preinstalled Guest Additions are removed first.

Removing the preinstalled Guest Additions

  1. Run the following commands:

    sudo apt remove virtualbox-guest-utils
sudo apt purge virtualbox-guest-utils

  2. Reboot the VM

Installing the current Guest Additions

Before installing the current Guest Additions, run the following command to install the packages needed to build kernel modules:

sudo apt install gcc make perl

The .iso image can then be used to install the current version of the Guest Additions.

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