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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

Please follow the guidance below to install open-vm-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

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


    
        
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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-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2
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: 2995
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2)
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 479104
MD5sum: 177129b13bd5b1d8c64bfcc7b2365700
SHA1: 448e4474a7429a369c2169ff7d748d8548c9d51d
SHA256: 7637128758f13b1bb35255432e2ec1105a41f621caa02ce004bc009d5ab83841
SHA512: 8e21b07d7e71f16eaab9afbf0180ea23165521f55b0a17cc6617b9f8d37761ccb28cc339563814aa28ca6e5adb300178de7f706573f72f637371eb63a2f1c175
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d
Supported: 5y

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3
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: 2946
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3)
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_10.2.0-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 473056
MD5sum: a2e4a371852764c752630cb93d89b498
SHA1: e3baa7a007e0f6a1c1a541188adcb2a5c44b5146
SHA256: 4e9d5c87d22ee9968789a550579b24d75909410a614b2575b6c9b4970eef00c8
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d
Supported: 5y