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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the open-vm-tools-dev package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.23.10.1
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Source: open-vm-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4173
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.23.10.1)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.23.10.1_amd64.deb
Size: 540220
MD5sum: 9db729bdff09033c2481b7232539908f
SHA1: c87bcc4ce4305f3369097f5da74502a0f832b505
SHA256: b0e4c64629d43e13e802cb11a0c837c98d862a24dd788951744bf4da0daa573c
SHA512: 9810cff9b72f4864b45fd69349ef73bad5526a188afaa715c17659a89a2cc71a44138ff2a588b87f2c0d66b2e576f23564a743574e069f7cc61de3e71b550230
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Source: open-vm-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4171
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:12.3.0-1ubuntu0.1)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_12.3.0-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 538448
MD5sum: 01123950c0e8273adc61f4c39afb1fe8
SHA1: e3bfbfd6d1e7ef6285e71b04789fb4e9bb55c554
SHA256: 0f9317fcf27653026360cc580e2dc634d85cfb7e5c246db3d4dcbf15877afee8
SHA512: 7aa6a1176b81b46078028f378fbca8cbdf31375384340c8d522adedca57cad6eb0ed8e17ac8b679d69ba8fbf40eba4271d5a0f499602824cb6c6bfe43d604ef4
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:12.3.0-1
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Source: open-vm-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4168
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:12.3.0-1)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_12.3.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 538136
MD5sum: 94d233358edc03bb0947895e5dacc0d3
SHA1: de4e9e66b3b202f14e413bcd5deac669ecf4fca0
SHA256: 0840881cc0ea079a0772d8cb61027c8c29fc3621be609a5ccf41b2ffaf6b418f
SHA512: 6bf68aad7c14e1d59954adb5f30dd5cdadd725faa35316e1b56afcb0fa008bc46aeb592a58263dc57294ec91ab81c5bdeaeb76a271fb3b704c5ccb9ac96be488
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d