How To Install open-vm-tools on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is open-vm-tools
The open-vm-tools project is an open source implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of open source virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the functionality, user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines. This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries of open-vm-tools.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install open-vm-tools
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install open-vm-tools.
Install open-vm-tools on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install open-vm-tools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install open-vm-tools
Install open-vm-tools on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install open-vm-tools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install open-vm-tools
How To Uninstall open-vm-tools on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the open-vm-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove open-vm-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.