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

Last updated: September 20,2024

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

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7
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: 4144
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_11.3.0-2ubuntu0~ubuntu20.04.7_amd64.deb
Size: 493120
MD5sum: 97cc2bf9f8cc546fb42fb7d47ee6ac88
SHA1: 2dfb4f94c4147e25eddcdcaf91a0f60177cbbc99
SHA256: 4a794e9e815bd5085930f0d96af50966ca68b93057f9b1c45e5407de06fe7286
SHA512: 31db985c20fb6097a1ae4fa5bbfadbe3a220074fb882292b84747a9ccb098e93b8c155e9626363c51de2984f2717e8c9864a02bbe48f32f51c35dd8d599706ad
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.0.5-4
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: 3061
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:11.0.5-4)
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_11.0.5-4_amd64.deb
Size: 470564
MD5sum: 34b28d25bec965318ad3bda28f8d2798
SHA1: 7c51661f7cd17b3371bfb22cf44a81a0f43a44f8
SHA256: 3cbc6205be9bbe479b58dc295f895f668441001ec710e4ce6651a1f661d9e233
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d