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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

This tutorial shows how to install open-vm-tools-dev on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Kali Linux:


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

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:12.3.5-4
Installed-Size: 4233
Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:12.3.5-4)
Size: 516228
SHA256: 56b0684287761c2435cef8c8270d57d69d45dde8f749a5ca3e110922d5fc9e54
SHA1: cdf8075ed356fb57473f65d5575e4faa49d4c7b0
MD5sum: fd2a1ca6756f1c77746a06a8925fe315
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
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 development files.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_12.3.5-4_amd64.deb