I don't want guest additions.
I have Virtualbox on a Windows host running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as a guest. How do I make sure that all the guest additions are removed from the Ubuntu guest? I so far have run, in Terminal, these:
dpkg -l | grep virtualbox
Which returned: unity-scope-virtualbox
lsmod | grep -io vboxguest
Which returned: vboxguest
Although it doesn't show up as having the typical virtualbox guest additions, the Ubuntu screen size still resizes to the virtual machine's window. Is that actually a part of Ubuntu or from guest additions?
When first installed as a virtual machine, Ubuntu supports mouse pointer integration and screen (virtual machine window) resizing, which are typically from guest additions being installed.
Is there a way to remove the vboxguest kernel module as well?
Thank you.
1 Answer
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:
modules
vboxguest:Change into
/opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-<version_number>foldercd /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-<version_number>In there run:
sudo ./uninstall.sh
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 <> 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 <> Homepage:- This is used by unity for search and probably be left alone.
