Uninstall vmadditions

Improve this answer. Is 'uninstall' supposed to be 'remove'? That's what I get for typing without thinking, doh! I just tried it right now, and I got "Virtual packages like 'virtualbox-guest-additions' can't be removed" — math4tots. I think the guest additions came with a fresh install.

I set up another install of Debian with "debian It's not installed on my system, and it seems unlikely that the installer would behave differently in a VM. Did you get the latest version of guest additions installed correctly at least? Show 3 more comments.

Here's how I did it just now, after everything above failed Knowing the location helps when you cannot mount the CD-rom for whatever reason. Brian Burns Brian Burns 2 2 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. Mat Christopher Thorjussen Christopher Thorjussen 21 2 2 bronze badges. Autoremove should not be necessary. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.

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Viewed 34k times. I don't want guest additions. 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 there a way to remove the vboxguest kernel module as well?

Thank you. Improve this question. Smiith Smiith 1 1 gold badge 2 2 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. How did you install them? Did you reboot? See unix. Look at Community answer to that issue: askubuntu.

Obvious question VB won't run correctly without them. I did not install them. I am looking to remove the ones that come with the initial install of Ubuntu.

I'm trying to remove them for security, as I've heard it is better to have them removed for that. It's better. Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Note that some apps and programs are built into Windows and can't be uninstalled. You can try to repair a program first, if it's just not running correctly. Select Start and look for the app or program in the list shown. Or just click the shortcut link at the bottom of this article.

In the search box on the taskbar, type Control Panel and select it from the results. Then follow the directions on the screen. If you get an error message when you're uninstalling, try the Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter. If you're trying to remove malware, see Stay protected with Windows Security to find out how to run a scan. Or if you use another antivirus software program, check their virus protection options. Windows 10 More Need more help?