How to Install and Uninstall open-vm-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "open-vm-tools" package

Please follow the steps below to install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall open-vm-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: open-vm-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2094
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.16), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.3), libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libicu55 (>= 55.1-1~), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxmlsec1 (>= 1.2.20), libxmlsec1-openssl (>= 1.2.20), pciutils, iproute2
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse, lsb-release
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop, cloud-init
Breaks: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 537800
MD5sum: fd39b784147c5a07920fad6e25b845ed
SHA1: db33a99b4910dd9285f8c04241240f4aaaaec6f3
SHA256: 840caa8aedba2687f5fbfb91ab2a19fd1a0b7df30b01e14333f78c505f9fb2cd
SHA512: 72b00f973157304f631fce8f141928b50ddbb688107a248200d2dae209703ae5374c2c83809d5bcea7bfdfe1247d945421eafd5ee2cdf8d160b8e8df6f3ad0d4
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description-en: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
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 only the core user-space programs and libraries.
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y

Package: open-vm-tools
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1631
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
Replaces: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.17), libdumbnet1 (>= 1.8), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libicu55 (>= 55.1-1~), libmspack0 (>= 0.4), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Recommends: ethtool, zerofree, fuse
Suggests: open-vm-tools-desktop
Breaks: open-vm-tools-desktop (<< 2:10.0.7-3227872-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 433286
MD5sum: 62fedb9bf67c4c6a243aa9c569c7330c
SHA1: 5f9e35189247e6c9cb0f9ff76dcb4b45555af89d
SHA256: c3742e055ba3eea5b87e471c7f12d158ab013c0456c203398abfb7c930f04535
Description-en: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)
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.
.
This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries.
Description-md5: a6ea22fad449711c4296720ce1ebe6b4
Homepage: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: cloud-image, server