How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to install open-vm-tools on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall open-vm-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                open-vm-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the open-vm-tools package on Kali Linux

Package: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:12.3.5-4
Installed-Size: 3256
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: open-vm-tools-sdmp (<< 2:12.1.0-2~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.32.0), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.31), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.31), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse3
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init, open-vm-tools-containerinfo, open-vm-tools-salt-minion
Breaks: open-vm-tools-sdmp (<< 2:12.1.0-2~)
Size: 689516
SHA256: 97e2868ef703ea17b50130b22aa188d2c5197efdf14c412f6fa10f32932371ac
SHA1: 2b87da1b90b92f843b7c792f4b516f6ddcf2464e
MD5sum: 466ed8f9c7f02afc9ef49e7400b20d84
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an open source
implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of virtualization utilities and
drivers to improve the functionality, user experience and administration of
VMware virtual machines.
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This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries.
Description-md5:
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_12.3.5-4_amd64.deb