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

Last updated: April 30,2024

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

Learn how to install open-vm-tools-desktop on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop 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-desktop package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 527
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.12.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.64.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 (>= 3.24.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), 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), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1), fuse, kmod
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-video-vmware
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_11.2.5-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 165948
SHA256: c1ab45a183ae62a5b0a7c48a2129923a499cd013de1f3a5d9c0e4b5bc58952e6

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:11.2.5-2
Installed-Size: 527
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.12.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.64.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 (>= 3.24.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), 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), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:11.2.5-2), fuse, kmod
Recommends: xauth, 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_11.2.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 165532
MD5sum: c2342eb3d42d7b9f8eef8191f7c35a00
SHA256: b79461ef2fe54b0e480dc0034d86e6f22b73c2545d171835b6e1d83a9ecea986