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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "open-vm-tools-desktop" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install open-vm-tools-desktop on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3
Installed-Size: 494
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.12.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.54.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 (>= 3.24.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangomm-1.4-1v5 (>= 2.42.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3), fuse
Suggests: xdg-utils
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)
Description-md5: 0a75baf603aed1d261cb9d62936d3c0d
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Section: admin
Priority: extra
Filename: pool/updates/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_10.3.10-1+deb10u3_amd64.deb
Size: 156488
MD5sum: c5e41946cf1dc378d818aa14ca180dfa
SHA256: bce044e23b3ae694af7b2065bdb612589e7c1ea948580237b8ec7c6a483b0e06

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 494
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.12.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.54.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 (>= 3.24.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpangomm-1.4-1v5 (>= 2.42.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxrender1, libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2), fuse
Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Suggests: xdg-utils
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)
Description-md5: 0a75baf603aed1d261cb9d62936d3c0d
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Tag: uitoolkit::gtk
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_10.3.10-1+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 156596
MD5sum: 27e276db03c48b913c233eb5a5143bfc
SHA256: b850205e4145d953a700f813dc5b9b2ffe1090a41fc4139aa9b6b104eede13d6