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

Last updated: April 30,2024

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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install open-vm-tools-desktop 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-desktop" package

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


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.5-4
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: open-vm-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 491
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.28.3), libc6 (>= 2.38), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.14.5), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), 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
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_12.3.5-4_amd64.deb
Size: 136136
MD5sum: 64e5631f5b938375c932d5a446f29b8e
SHA1: 8306d7562efb59734a0aac0e423e7d4f838e7983
SHA256: 03b5583426aa83c1a8fa49720701411e4ba3a5295a9d5f97a9590ca89b9621c7
SHA512: daa5badda4baf71c47f11d883c8dc1e6539eb349f9029490f47ecc784c5672a6e14e5f175ab119dc3bb2b91768f6b6d5babff2d2b1847e6eb043d5efca5524fc
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)
Description-md5: 0a75baf603aed1d261cb9d62936d3c0d
Modaliases: vmwgfx(pci:v000015ADd00000405sv*sd*bc*sc*i*)