How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

Please follow the steps below to install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Learn how to uninstall open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3166
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.28), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.28), 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_11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7_amd64.deb
Size: 648872
MD5sum: 54432e6af6d03b64c0c349a59c16eb38
SHA1: b8500e802d31fb332c107cb180a2618741545512
SHA256: d578061997a5470abd972a29e33742a12be7e580bf991d2e693bf9e6043520c5
SHA512: f6bd25d6fb1079c5f19b245bf83306a7e0e5cfa0860288674c46d2255c9b3576ddaa15deb3cc4884408e806bc49d3cf749a2768dcb3142914c87127fb5a61a86
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: server, cloud-image

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.0.5-4
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2236
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.28), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.28), 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_11.0.5-4_amd64.deb
Size: 546412
MD5sum: 6942b9fc5485212f483e8ce4a0ee9965
SHA1: 71282ab264a1fa318fea38822ccbdfed19a40619
SHA256: 90cac9d8cd8a6292e99313d16d54172c1d62e6e6192d4a26f3067bde1e2c02c7
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: server, cloud-image