How To Install vmware-manager on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vmware-manager on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vmware-manager
vmware-manager is:
This package provides vwm, a command-line tool for managing VMware virtual machines. This is primarily useful for larger installations where virtuals need to be migrated, cloned or otherwise modified from the command line.
vwm requires the non-free VMware Vsphere Perl SDK to be installed.
There are three methods to install vmware-manager 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 vmware-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vmware-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vmware-manager
Install vmware-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vmware-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vmware-manager
Install vmware-manager 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 vmware-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vmware-manager
How To Uninstall vmware-manager on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vmware-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vmware-manager
Uninstall vmware-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vmware-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vmware-manager
Remove vmware-manager Configurations and Data
To remove vmware-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vmware-manager
Remove vmware-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vmware-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vmware-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vmware-manager package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
