How To Install open-vm-tools-dkms on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-dkms on Debian 9.
What is open-vm-tools-dkms
open-vm-tools-dkms 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This package provides the source code for the vmxnet module, which was superseded by vmxnet3. You should only install this package if you know that you need the legacy vnxnet module. Kernel source or headers are required to compile it using DKMS.
There are three methods to install open-vm-tools-dkms on Debian 9. 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-dkms 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-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install open-vm-tools-dkms
Install open-vm-tools-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install open-vm-tools-dkms
Install open-vm-tools-dkms 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-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install open-vm-tools-dkms
How To Uninstall open-vm-tools-dkms on Debian 9
To uninstall only the open-vm-tools-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools-dkms
Uninstall open-vm-tools-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall open-vm-tools-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove open-vm-tools-dkms
Remove open-vm-tools-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove open-vm-tools-dkms configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge open-vm-tools-dkms
Remove open-vm-tools-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove open-vm-tools-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-vm-tools-dkms
Dependencies
open-vm-tools-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-dkms package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
