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

Last updated: April 30,2024

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

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7
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: 567
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.12.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.54.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.19.12), libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 (>= 3.24.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7), fuse, kmod
Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Suggests: xdg-utils
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7_amd64.deb
Size: 144496
MD5sum: cfcdfaf08d0835b2037110bc836940d9
SHA1: 491500585c843c3acb0e1b5354e82a480fd5275a
SHA256: 236effb57ce7271b66fac84b7d5dae97e2d2e1aae9773fd8dedc1cc87ad02bbe
SHA512: ec52993736ba44480008e94e48e726abbb59ac6c64055119dd5fb04adcf90ede6680f0393a89bbfe5c361f94aa72e0c438906dee0f5376f6bc990542e579b516
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*)

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.0.5-4
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: 538
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.24.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.12.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.54.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.9.10), libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 (>= 3.24.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:11.0.5-4), fuse, kmod
Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Suggests: xdg-utils
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:10.3.5-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_11.0.5-4_amd64.deb
Size: 140304
MD5sum: cc954db12d37481844fec6aa11b1289d
SHA1: 0a55623856321adc98b7374fcbf6cdc68520ef34
SHA256: 2baaae776db30b2e92d2afa18dd9186fbdddd9707558863a739cd009e0fcfdb1
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*)