How To Install open-vm-tools-desktop on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-desktop on Kali Linux.
What is open-vm-tools-desktop
open-vm-tools-desktop 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 user-space programs and libraries that are essential for improved user experience of VMware virtual machines.
There are three methods to install open-vm-tools-desktop on Kali Linux. 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-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-desktop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install open-vm-tools-desktopInstall open-vm-tools-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-desktop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install open-vm-tools-desktopInstall open-vm-tools-desktop Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-desktop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install open-vm-tools-desktopHow To Uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the open-vm-tools-desktop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools-desktopUninstall open-vm-tools-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall open-vm-tools-desktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove open-vm-tools-desktopRemove open-vm-tools-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove open-vm-tools-desktop configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge open-vm-tools-desktopRemove open-vm-tools-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove open-vm-tools-desktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-vm-tools-desktopDependencies
open-vm-tools-desktop have the following dependencies:
- libatkmm-1.6-1v5
- libc6
- libcairomm-1.0-1v5
- libdrm2
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libglibmm-2.4-1v5
- libgtk-3-0
- libgtkmm-3.0-1v5
- libice6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-desktop package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
