How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the open-vm-tools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the open-vm-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3160
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.33), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.33), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse3
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init, open-vm-tools-containerinfo, open-vm-tools-salt-minion
Breaks: open-vm-tools-sdmp (<< 2:12.1.0-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools-sdmp (<< 2:12.1.0-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 746380
MD5sum: ae344aa73b5ae9c96d08fcc2d5fb0467
SHA1: 96cddef779d2b3f732738acd8f380fa19badbebf
SHA256: a099857a937855dc6ff9132df12deca83896625c18f6ea9b974cf25b4ef5a238
SHA512: 551bee2a4370b5c70ac933b10905c2393af97712ac4f5afbd7c797f966792371012f177379b1f71b80d15237980b0961b70400104548bb256541386c909d0d65
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3142
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.33), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.33), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse3
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init, open-vm-tools-containerinfo, open-vm-tools-salt-minion
Breaks: open-vm-tools-sdmp (<< 2:12.1.0-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools-sdmp (<< 2:12.1.0-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 742628
MD5sum: 43485beb4074f54c409458ae490b117f
SHA1: 98a7ec3853a772b9073c32e4ea53f384179aaedc
SHA256: 9b0a9fcdbf127d06461c46bcc399c40dea0eabc027422488664ee58d51646d5b
SHA512: 78f7e1070c52e6206d477c7694407dc20212ba3ea775ff84c8c1fdc1e81168d28fd9ca853936a461c3e3b2723456ff6f75a9a40c3e67211a7f20c755aa77f1cc
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3014
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.33), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.33), pciutils, iproute2, lsb-release
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse3
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_11.3.5-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 713826
MD5sum: 462fc8164373493eb2af11c184fa30b5
SHA1: 03cf9a39fdba995e53c2a8f46ea9a3d69cfe9621
SHA256: d7e9cfd5c3d9ca2f2530ffffaeebd5e87bd8543a819789b3893a9b3e2c7e7211
SHA512: fde6126e8019595a9d494becd28abdcc7dbc253621805da7490bfeb9f463b8f7b47ede07689cac89fbc9c087d9a94bf905ed18e3b9825c76cf077b0ab9d1b5f6
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi