How to Install open-vm-tools-dkms software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install open-vm-tools-dkms software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

open-vm-tools-dkms software package provides Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (transitional package), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-dkms 

open-vm-tools-dkms is installed in your system.

Make ensure the open-vm-tools-dkms package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep open-vm-tools-dkms *

You will get with open-vm-tools-dkms package name, version, architecture and description in a table

open-vm-tools-dkms package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Kernels
Package open-vm-tools-dkms
Version 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6
Description Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (transitional package)
Sub Section Kernels


See Also, How to uninstall or remove open-vm-tools-dkms software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?