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Actually, I *am* a Linux "guru" -- but if someone more experienced with a given application knows the answer to an issue, I'd rather chat with them then go digging around in the Linux package management systems unnecessarily and risk (what's the technical term? Oh yes!) breaking stuff.

I found a standalone uninstall.sh in the directory structure. I'll give it a try.

I should add, I no longer have that installer to run uninstall with it as noted above -- or I don't know WHERE it is in the existing installation.

There was a buggy version of VB around that time, and the recommended procedure was to install this version to fix it. I was just following orders! But I do need to uninstall it to upgrade now. Thanks.

Hi. Trying to uninstall my existing 5.2.27 on Ubuntu 16.04. Tried to upgrade to 6.0.16 but deb installer demanded I manually uninstall. Obviously, I want to maintain my existing configuration and vdi files. Trying to uninstall with: sudo dpkg -r virtualbox-5.2.27 (which is the correct installed vers...