How To Install unity-scope-virtualbox on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-virtualbox on Ubuntu.
What is unity-scope-virtualbox
unity-scope-virtualbox is:
This package contains the “virtualbox” scope which allows Unity to search for VirtualBox content.
There are three methods to install unity-scope-virtualbox on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install unity-scope-virtualbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-virtualbox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install unity-scope-virtualbox
Install unity-scope-virtualbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-virtualbox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install unity-scope-virtualbox
Install unity-scope-virtualbox Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install unity-scope-virtualbox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install unity-scope-virtualbox
How To Uninstall unity-scope-virtualbox on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the unity-scope-virtualbox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove unity-scope-virtualbox
Uninstall unity-scope-virtualbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall unity-scope-virtualbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove unity-scope-virtualbox
Remove unity-scope-virtualbox Configurations and Data
To remove unity-scope-virtualbox configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge unity-scope-virtualbox
Remove unity-scope-virtualbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove unity-scope-virtualbox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unity-scope-virtualbox
Dependencies
unity-scope-virtualbox have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install unity-scope-virtualbox package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.