How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

This guide let you learn how to install open-vm-tools on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall open-vm-tools on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                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 Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3166
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.28), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.28), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init
Breaks: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.3_amd64.deb
Size: 647576
MD5sum: ff982879758e6fef9856a9fc257bfe58
SHA1: f240f5a323cc9692a6b463a9562b983cea380994
SHA256: bae726c620c148b94096bc39d780a9aaf62ca3c5503d236832a989906f3427eb
SHA512: fb21cbc468a6987d3f01022d778866209ddb6157bede9ff449464f67f59597dac45f84631a19ebca3a93a539a49e1e2c238a707498812b174d4b6aa4e8c0a113
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
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: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: server, cloud-image

Package: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:11.2.5-2ubuntu1mint1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Installed-Size: 2722
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.28), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.28), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init
Breaks: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Filename: pool/upstream/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.2.5-2ubuntu1mint1_amd64.deb
Size: 626656
SHA256: c869bbad87f04e616593888b43310a05371d6c50e7d7fc6b2fbf9ec7512a6fec
SHA1: 9a9ca3a146c8b9d71770c599b4562093bc10e60b
MD5sum: 6632bb2d6e38fb5763cdd12d1435a611
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.
.
This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries.
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.0.5-4
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2236
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.28), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.28), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init
Breaks: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.0.5-4_amd64.deb
Size: 546412
MD5sum: 6942b9fc5485212f483e8ce4a0ee9965
SHA1: 71282ab264a1fa318fea38822ccbdfed19a40619
SHA256: 90cac9d8cd8a6292e99313d16d54172c1d62e6e6192d4a26f3067bde1e2c02c7
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
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.
.
This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries.
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: server, cloud-image