How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.5-4
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3141
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), 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
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~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools-sdmp (<< 2:12.1.0-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_12.3.5-4_amd64.deb
Size: 737446
MD5sum: 8492827d8434c947d8ff747cdde33ccc
SHA1: 0b8688223c77b35192738e0fad295503298bfff9
SHA256: 3eadc314d8e7f0e6f9d42e8acd8a009fbf721367835e5aa430a6b53afd46fedb
SHA512: 376eee3b9e18a80b7f0c8f05ec2d6e7248d94b5e6ff0b991ee694ce52912ffba073fb265eb2db79e15fd2005a3ef1362d898cff386804ad36c029553e36b85ea
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: cloud-image, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi