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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

This is a short guide on how to install open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 3536
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u1)
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/updates/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_11.2.5-2+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 500556
SHA256: 9fe56dbfa0e8b6af40719064a14bd8b78ef86b86bd485a7d84d3090331d15415

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:11.2.5-2
Installed-Size: 3536
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:11.2.5-2)
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_11.2.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 501036
MD5sum: 61576d39e2e65493031eccb7f5c82887
SHA256: ca7a76e6361bb3f07086c53a615d1c0f0c37abd6aabb3dffc5494e13fae31389