Install Vmware-user On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS And Fedora

Install Vmware-user On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS And Fedora

vmware-user

Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)

Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz



Section: admin

Install vmware-user

  • Debian apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add open-vm-tools Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S open-vm-tools Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop Click to copy
  • CentOS yum install open-vm-tools-desktop Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install open-vm-tools-desktop Click to copy

open-vm-tools-desktop

Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (GUI)

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 the user-space programs and libraries that are essential for improved user experience of VMware virtual machines.

open-vm-tools

Open VMware Tools for virtual machines hosted on VMware (CLI)

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 only the core user-space programs and libraries.

Installing vmware-user command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, CentOS and Fedora operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of vmware-user 2026 package in your OS.