How To Install open-vm-tools-containerinfo on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-containerinfo on Debian 12.
What is open-vm-tools-containerinfo
open-vm-tools-containerinfo 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 vRealize Container Info plugin, which captures and publishes information about running containers inside the guest.
There are three methods to install open-vm-tools-containerinfo 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-containerinfo 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-containerinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install open-vm-tools-containerinfo
Install open-vm-tools-containerinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-containerinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install open-vm-tools-containerinfo
Install open-vm-tools-containerinfo 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-containerinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install open-vm-tools-containerinfo
How To Uninstall open-vm-tools-containerinfo on Debian 12
To uninstall only the open-vm-tools-containerinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools-containerinfo
Uninstall open-vm-tools-containerinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall open-vm-tools-containerinfo 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-containerinfo
Remove open-vm-tools-containerinfo Configurations and Data
To remove open-vm-tools-containerinfo configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge open-vm-tools-containerinfo
Remove open-vm-tools-containerinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove open-vm-tools-containerinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-vm-tools-containerinfo
Dependencies
open-vm-tools-containerinfo have the following dependencies:
- libabsl20220623
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libgrpc++1.51
- libgrpc29
- libprotobuf32
- libstdc++6
- open-vm-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-containerinfo package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
