How To Install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Kali Linux.

What is open-vm-tools-sdmp

open-vm-tools-sdmp 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 service discover plugin required to discover services then used to build relationships between VMs in vRealiize.

There are three methods to install open-vm-tools-sdmp 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-sdmp 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-sdmp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install open-vm-tools-sdmp

Install open-vm-tools-sdmp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-sdmp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install open-vm-tools-sdmp

Install open-vm-tools-sdmp 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install open-vm-tools-sdmp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install open-vm-tools-sdmp

How To Uninstall open-vm-tools-sdmp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the open-vm-tools-sdmp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools-sdmp

Uninstall open-vm-tools-sdmp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall open-vm-tools-sdmp 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-sdmp

Remove open-vm-tools-sdmp Configurations and Data

To remove open-vm-tools-sdmp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge open-vm-tools-sdmp

Remove open-vm-tools-sdmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove open-vm-tools-sdmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-vm-tools-sdmp

Dependencies

open-vm-tools-sdmp have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• open-vm-tools

References

• open-vm-tools-sdmp website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-sdmp package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.