Information about the package, open-vm-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The open-vm-tools package is designed for, Open Virtual Machine Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware.
Package Name:
open-vm-tools
Summary:
Open Virtual Machine Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware
Description:
The open-vm-tools project is an open source implementation of VMware Tools. It is a suite of open source virtualization utilities and drivers to improve the functionality, user experience and administration of VMware virtual machines. This package contains only the core user-space programs and libraries of open-vm-tools.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
10.1.5
Release:
6.el6
Size:
628 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the open-vm-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install open-vm-tools
This command will install open-vm-tools on the server.
yum remove open-vm-tools
This command will un-install open-vm-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove open-vm-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove open-vm-tools
This command will un-install open-vm-tools on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove open-vm-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update open-vm-tools
This command will update open-vm-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove open-vm-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update open-vm-tools
This command will update open-vm-tools to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove open-vm-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info open-vm-tools
This command will show you core information about the open-vm-tools package.
yum deplist open-vm-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for open-vm-tools. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update open-vm-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on open-vm-tools. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.