How to Install and Uninstall vmdk-stream-converter Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "vmdk-stream-converter" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install vmdk-stream-converter on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "vmdk-stream-converter" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall vmdk-stream-converter 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 vmdk-stream-converter package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: vmdk-stream-converter
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hideki Yamane
Architecture: all
Version: 0.2-1
Depends: python (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2), python (<< 2.8)
Filename: pool/universe/v/vmdk-stream-converter/vmdk-stream-converter_0.2-1_all.deb
Size: 6434
MD5sum: c90a72ceadb8c1cbf8866e46a13cb1f8
SHA1: 2ac157b5e119666f5e8c0ea55fedec2a1658ded6
SHA256: ecde452db42505d1eef436f304b4bd1b504014c7f7229b658c8b9ebd128c7590
Description-en: raw disk images to stream-optimized VMDK files convert tool
This tool convert raw disk images to stream-optimized VMDK files for VMWare
ESX/vSphere environment, and known to work on ESXi 4.1.
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Its format is only useful if you are attempting to import virtual machines
into ESX using the vSphere SOAP API and HTTP POST uploads of image files.
(In which case, it is required.)
Description-md5: df6659421a379d7757f4ef092898dd1b
Homepage: https://github.com/imcleod/VMDK-stream-converter
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu