How To Install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-sdmp on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-vm-tools-sdmp package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.