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

Last updated: December 27,2024

You can also install and uninstall the open-vm-tools-desktop 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-desktop" package

This guide let you learn how to install open-vm-tools-desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "open-vm-tools-desktop" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the open-vm-tools-desktop package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: open-vm-tools-desktop
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1
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: 506
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 (>= 2.66.2), 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 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1), fuse3, kmod
Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Suggests: xdg-utils
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 139302
MD5sum: 604adf0d43a55b9774321b118fe9738e
SHA1: b3afe53adb7e3e1766714b46b0cdeb00864babc5
SHA256: 41e81a34618806f1994bbfd45ac3a783e5e9507c706b8a2027c74be3c773435a
SHA512: 6e1eeacb82265894294fbb1314a75af1914797f0aba80a571fb87c68488c28fb2d733bc19060e3775507357e4d9e2f878f728b30d886d4ff8559156c74f2d9c3
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: 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4
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: 505
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 (>= 2.66.2), 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 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4), fuse3, kmod
Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Suggests: xdg-utils
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_12.1.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 138802
MD5sum: 5da782fcced51ada43ea8dc6ee070af0
SHA1: fe31a2a0e8499db8a79e7d3c4866fa9d905218dc
SHA256: 0c349669fffb7dad5a1e627c58b62aa57619e16b8d325376849de6f0ff68fd94
SHA512: bb7f1a00e4c02c0d9c14eb4b827d5b18c028fe2ba03957cf3326289756f7954aebf1d496fc22b7128cfc254c01b8faab2f98d57786bf46d38a7a41c51b8148f7
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: 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4
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: 502
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 (>= 2.66.2), 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 (>= 2:1.1.4), libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0), libxtst6, open-vm-tools (= 2:11.3.5-1ubuntu4), fuse3, kmod
Recommends: xauth, xserver-xorg-video-vmware
Suggests: xdg-utils
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-desktop_11.3.5-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 139394
MD5sum: 2140f24701e14a910646e870530b0df4
SHA1: 5ed783615ed8c55136a67caadeb840ad3ebff303
SHA256: 26d87bf55b88f31386771e541ecbc4dadcd1777c6e18753f09106550a2506e3f
SHA512: 410e972a98581261c9da59df7825b973bf2ef888689591f219981395b80f586a0a97dfe0e7274b617ec20a396bc784309bcb8e74907480ccd683b5dd3d362c55
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*)