How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the open-vm-tools-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

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

This guide covers the steps necessary to install open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2
Installed-Size: 4127
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2)
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_12.2.0-1+deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 510420
MD5sum: 56485ea98535e69a11e8e9f919bb5590
SHA256: 01d3db1a1544c172debec093469320fa335ef8315ac95bd7a55f4b0c83989602