How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install open-vm-tools on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall open-vm-tools on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 2711
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.31), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.31), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release, net-tools
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
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.2.5-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 629824
SHA256: 7fd40623b2c40b5585e4a14159b345de907168c27aaa4569182ed59124be0699

Package: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:11.2.5-2
Installed-Size: 2711
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.31), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.31), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release, net-tools
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse
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, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.2.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 630392
MD5sum: f8c2a2b68043fabeed2cfafac68115de
SHA256: 178cc97f5553d39fa32c755e518a08d45387c1539177ead08ff9e261c4983c19