How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2093
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.25), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.25), 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_11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 543260
MD5sum: 9fc852f679aa7f0554aef5a9e8a2fd62
SHA1: 913f40c55ffe1a6898bcb48b31ea3a22484f9196
SHA256: fae96d02ba2abc92d5ab6e1fa54f363197ba0ae288f9ffb2cd9ddbb8c7884a2f
SHA512: b7e917ef3304d1ff32c543587bcfce61e8707823958063fabec143d7ffa6227cf8c9590e24a77452dc030d72870d4b206d02b4665fedeaee4256c6c3e436ca9c
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, server
Supported: 5y

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2081
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.25), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.25), pciutils, iproute2
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse, lsb-release
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init
Breaks: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.2.0-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 539348
MD5sum: 8c1c56dfd9e102a1ff633d5f0b9c6db9
SHA1: aff932db70d75ee258ea70f7d0737803e1bf8f26
SHA256: 7ec43cc820396870285460370f98a95cf0d99d33bdce7e9928e527f527b4d552
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, server
Supported: 5y