How To Install open-vm-tools-salt-minion on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-salt-minion on Debian 12.
What is open-vm-tools-salt-minion
open-vm-tools-salt-minion 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 Salt Minion plugin for event driven IT automation, remote task execution, and configuration management.
There are three methods to install open-vm-tools-salt-minion 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-salt-minion 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-salt-minion using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install open-vm-tools-salt-minion
Install open-vm-tools-salt-minion Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-salt-minion using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install open-vm-tools-salt-minion
Install open-vm-tools-salt-minion 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-salt-minion using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install open-vm-tools-salt-minion
How To Uninstall open-vm-tools-salt-minion on Debian 12
To uninstall only the open-vm-tools-salt-minion package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools-salt-minion
Uninstall open-vm-tools-salt-minion And Its Dependencies
To uninstall open-vm-tools-salt-minion 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-salt-minion
Remove open-vm-tools-salt-minion Configurations and Data
To remove open-vm-tools-salt-minion configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge open-vm-tools-salt-minion
Remove open-vm-tools-salt-minion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove open-vm-tools-salt-minion configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-vm-tools-salt-minion
Dependencies
open-vm-tools-salt-minion have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-salt-minion package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
