Install Open VM Tools
Most Linux distributions include
open-vm-tools
and some
distributions install open-vm-tools
by default. Like installing any other software on the guest, set up the package repository
properly for the guest.
The Users can update their
open-vm-tools
provided by Linux distrubutions meet the need of many users. Different Linux distributions
update their version of
open-vm-tools
at different
times.open-vm-tools
from the
package repository provided by a Linux distribution. The install instructions vary
depending on the package management system used by a Linux distribution. Sometimes
another package repository can be configured to install a newer version from the OS
vendor. For detailed instructions, refer to the documentation of the OS vendor.In general,
open-vm-tools
is supported for OSs that use three different
package management systems:- Ubuntu, Debian and Related OSes from this family use apt to install Debian (*.deb) packages
- Red Hat, Fedora and CentOS use dnf or yum to install RPM (*.rpm) packages
- SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) and openSUSE use zypper to install RPM (*.rpm) packages
All distributions split the package into a system and a desktop component. The
desktop component is useful on systems that have a graphical UI (X11, Wayland, and
so on). The package names are
'open-vm-tools'
and
'open-vm-tools-desktop'
. SLE and openSUSE ship another
package 'libvmtools'
as a dependency. The package management
system automatically installs this dependency when
'open-vm-tools'
or 'open-vm-tools-desktop'
are installed.- Ubuntu, Debian, and Related OSes
- Ensure that the package index is updated:sudo apt-get update
- If the VM has a GUI (X11, and so on), install or upgradeopen-vm-tools-desktop:sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop
- Otherwise, use the command to installopen-vm-tools:sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
- RHEL, Fedora and CentOS
- If the VM has a GUI (X11, and so on), install or upgradeopen-vm-tools-desktop:sudo yum install open-vm-tools-desktop
- Otherwise, installopen-vm-tools:sudo yum install open-vm-tools
- SLE and openSUSE
- If the VM has a GUI (X11, and so on), install or upgradeopen-vm-tools-desktop:zypper install open-vm-tools-desktop
- Otherwise, installopen-vm-tools:zypper install open-vm-tools