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

Last updated: May 10,2024

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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install open-vm-tools-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1
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: 2946
Depends: open-vm-tools (= 2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 469850
MD5sum: cd9fdad29746a0df327d2954fb48de18
SHA1: 754a17e4960c9f77e93a2c9a3e2554e83d1d7a06
SHA256: 330ae3d7a16a691c6147d63e54e094819d0dbb7b0ec6a10dd863f30881bee63f
SHA512: 731efe2b8de18520967a3b4b5fb79667c5f13d76699b214722fde998ea4804803b75231ad41ce2b16842d4207e52f8cbc01a16135f5f374792ca56094a88770f
Homepage: https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools
Description-en: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
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 the development files.
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d
Supported: 5y

Package: open-vm-tools-dev
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 2638
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Architecture: amd64
Source: open-vm-tools
Version: 2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
Replaces: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Breaks: open-vm-tools (<< 2:9.10.2-2822639-2~)
Filename: pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-dev_10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 438004
MD5sum: d6a422a817c0921e3c5193fab171fe86
SHA1: 2958cdd3e7dca2e22bee330cb4e3ebb3216f656b
SHA256: 9eb78aad104ac6783cfc4ff91eb9bbbd22e21d7787caca34ab965db74bb42225
Description-en: Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (development)
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 the development files.
Description-md5: 4aa45696c5c5c28398c17ba27233e67d
Homepage: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m