How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3044
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), 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), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.32), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.32), 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_11.3.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 718110
MD5sum: 82bdf96fb66ff750218e169184434547
SHA1: 5d274a717af1c512d34d0b08f9ebe49bb53fa959
SHA256: 91915c3fe65d76cd0368126fc8c972a040c9c48ad20431af577f6b308d22ec3c
SHA512: 88726936a326ae6223abb4afa0e19c62bfb8d6e8f4f069c748aa346385ed4fd02f2d2eae6140e66224fc2087a3c674a8183e5b142b1a4f0f7055fe07188021d1
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description-en: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) project is an open source
implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of virtualization utilities and
drivers to improve the functionality, user experience and administration of
VMware virtual machines.
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This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries.
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi