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Package: open-vm-tools (2008.07.01-102166-3~bpo40+2) [backports] [contrib]

tools and components for VMware guest systems (CLI tools)

The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) are the open source implementation of VMware Tools. They are a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines.

As virtualization technology rapidly becomes mainstream, each virtualization solution provider implements their own set of tools and utilities to supplement the guest virtual machine. However, most of the implementations are proprietary and are tied to a specific virtualization platform.

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) [amd64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]
  • dep: libdumbnet1
    A dumb, portable networking library
  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12) [amd64]
    GCC support library
  • dep: libicu36
    International Components for Unicode (libraries)
  • dep: procps (>= 1:3.2.7)
    /proc file system utilities
  • rec: ethtool
    display or change ethernet card settings
  • rec: open-vm-source
    Source for VMware guest systems driver
  • rec: zerofree
    Package not available
  • sug: open-vm-toolbox
    tools and components for VMware guest systems (GUI tools)

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amd64 378.9 kB1180 kB [list of files]
i386 353.4 kB992 kB [list of files]