How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.23.10.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3141
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.32.0), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.31), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.31), 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~ubuntu0.23.10.1_amd64.deb
Size: 737530
MD5sum: 80e53a339bf458e45d0da495315e25a8
SHA1: 0d9908bbcc2544d40fe6982134e11d1733e90989
SHA256: 31b700d91b7d12d8c7891bf102c3d6d410f998fdeefdc4322dc6c53add4148ad
SHA512: a6bfaa5a9c75974d384b002ec947e242f897ea77a2490dc6c497c2f41df6dbf605b2564d4ce93ad9925ade8637cb753a309348dee9bebe2df266ce8104952b10
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, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3141
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.32.0), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.31), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.31), 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_12.3.0-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 736786
MD5sum: 3df7f1f23ba478aa0bb109395fc3a2dd
SHA1: 6be5887d615677025205f36e25060c4613845e13
SHA256: 3e39ea1f5738ebc3c81ca63ed78a805a427cee6bf1e61ea5af519e4610fe7c3a
SHA512: 83c28c85ddabbfa040b8dbf5c4d70e73da272fa29b23af00fe0a128f233b05c011149c90119282a56f851ac8d7626253b1349f2888df1d2ee3aefc6c8a1e72fa
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, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.0-1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3133
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libfuse3-3 (>= 3.2.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.32.0), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.31), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.31), 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_12.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 736400
MD5sum: e464d181b3fe953e95397d753ee82895
SHA1: b7752fb003243f3f716f6e599eae0cbb34effa8e
SHA256: 67857764856c9f11846e9dc127fec683edc5e90e8f7ec310c81f0a5eb68d46ea
SHA512: 7ae407def243cd3048c40c187d3e9de03f889fb83e06ac24ad60a6ded5445fd48ec056f4e3bb17acbccd09a835b2814adee9e6f47904618a4383807e06637415
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, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi