How To Install open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 12.
What is open-vm-tools-dev
open-vm-tools-dev is:
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.
There are three methods to install open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install open-vm-tools-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install open-vm-tools-dev
Install open-vm-tools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install open-vm-tools-dev
Install open-vm-tools-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install open-vm-tools-dev
How To Uninstall open-vm-tools-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the open-vm-tools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools-dev
Uninstall open-vm-tools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall open-vm-tools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove open-vm-tools-dev
Remove open-vm-tools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove open-vm-tools-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge open-vm-tools-dev
Remove open-vm-tools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove open-vm-tools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-vm-tools-dev
Dependencies
open-vm-tools-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
