How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install open-vm-tools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "open-vm-tools" package

Learn how to uninstall open-vm-tools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                open-vm-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the open-vm-tools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3
Installed-Size: 2237
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libicu63 (>= 63.1-1~), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.27), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.27), libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.25), pciutils, iproute2
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init
Breaks: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse, lsb-release
Section: admin
Priority: extra
Filename: pool/updates/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.3.10-1+deb10u3_amd64.deb
Size: 568024
MD5sum: 322fded16f49485665bbea2f73047beb
SHA256: f816c375fd7c2ef8e7f7eb48cb8358c354ac05c56f708724536f29d3e2fb0fc7

Package: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 2237
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libicu63 (>= 63.1-1~), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.27), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.27), libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.25), pciutils, iproute2
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse, lsb-release
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init
Breaks: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Tag: admin::virtualization, implemented-in::python, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::program, suite::openstack, system::cloud,
system::virtual, uitoolkit::gtk
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.3.10-1+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 568920
MD5sum: 06b3102eb43ea6e2522c9ff3b2bea770
SHA256: 18f696a53a5bd24eb499f9206ce2f2194e73315dc41351bb6a4c966abe3a6452