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

Last updated: April 30,2024

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

This guide let you learn how to install open-vm-tools-desktop on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:12.3.5-4
Installed-Size: 552
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.28.3), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.14.5), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.66.6), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.19.12), libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 (>= 3.24.8), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxi6, libxinerama1 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:12.3.5-4), fuse3, kmod
Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Suggests: xdg-utils
Size: 155932
SHA256: dbf7981046c64ae59508634be8226bc3e95b1232b8efd34da0cee53c30e982d9
SHA1: ada5b2707bb9228ef95179921d341b99cee72b3b
MD5sum: 634cf0a233cc0d91bd3d58289333ab00
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)
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 the user-space programs and libraries that are essential
for improved user experience of VMware virtual machines.
Description-md5:
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_12.3.5-4_amd64.deb