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

Last updated: April 30,2024

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

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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-desktop package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu1
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: 503
Depends: libatkmm-1.6-1v5 (>= 2.28.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairomm-1.0-1v5 (>= 1.12.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglibmm-2.4-1v5 (>= 2.64.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.19.12), libgtkmm-3.0-1v5 (>= 3.24.5), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libsigc++-2.0-0v5 (>= 2.8.0), libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6, libxi6, libxinerama1, libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:11.3.0-2ubuntu1), 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_11.3.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 139356
MD5sum: 4ff183b95c542e0c8059f5222e3186e8
SHA1: c40df80406ecb10fea1fbe322b287700ab04211e
SHA256: 69115cae702a3e26b94878effcc6bbbc8e42e6a4d6bb6ce0ef8b2226e47f37af
SHA512: ea99b5500d1d74e30e29547b60ebf660432b43996d484e0e587ba9f129af1329d3ed872414eb8311d31da9a8f15569eb8c0d261c4dc37cd245ba284ff1fb76af
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description-en: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)
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 the user-space programs and libraries that are essential
for improved user experience of VMware virtual machines.
Description-md5: 0a75baf603aed1d261cb9d62936d3c0d
Modaliases: vmwgfx(pci:v000015ADd00000405sv*sd*bc*sc*i*)