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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

This guide covers the steps necessary to install open-vm-tools-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the open-vm-tools-dev package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.5-4
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Source: open-vm-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4233
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:12.3.5-4)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_12.3.5-4_amd64.deb
Size: 545742
MD5sum: 4b40e37e4f8df1171dee457f8a27eb48
SHA1: 9196df45a420c5539d81ec1a48b0544ee8a14f7a
SHA256: 04309a862257367f005360ba481e370311539184875dde174a691009e3b6fb90
SHA512: 2eac50c1ff2edb835503d40565dd2e7fa5b56d7c59ab0d40420bb2875c0efbac6919e6e8d0d94c2d3438b9d6d9831c4ce3cd9ec65ed00cc9f01d44b161efc4b8
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d