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

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

Learn how to install open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3
Installed-Size: 2979
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u3)
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Section: devel
Priority: extra
Filename: pool/updates/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_10.3.10-1+deb10u3_amd64.deb
Size: 505640
MD5sum: f3be39ee8189d3280a309ea358e392c6
SHA256: 66d5d17029e339c6c4f31917f56ba1994154fcc147ca8138b204d181c6117c1c

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 2979
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u2)
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_10.3.10-1+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 505216
MD5sum: 747e341a54832199f244d6b3607d919f
SHA256: 294639e01e197b410b2bd9ef185c07b683e7e0122c99f1714fc274999390aae2