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Uninstalling Open VMware Tools included with Linux distributions (1013096)

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If your guest includes the open-vm-tools-gui, open-vm-tools, or vmware-guest-kmp-desktop components, you must remove the components before installing the VMware Tools supplied by VMware.

Note:
As of Linux kernel version 3.9 or later, VMware supports the open-vm-tools package where it is included in a Linux distribution or its official repositories. For more information, see VMware support of open-vm-tools (2073803).

Solution

This procedure explains finding and uninstalling open-vmware-tools for openSUSE Linux. You can use this as a guide to the identical or similar commands available in your particular Linux distribution.

Locating the preinstalled openSUSE Linux open-vm-tools

In an X terminal, log in as root ( su) and run this command:

rpm -qa | grep vm

Uninstalling open-vm-tools gui, open-vm-tools, or vmware-guest-kmp-desktop

In an X terminal, log in as root ( su) and run this command:

openSUSE 11.1 or earlier:

rpm -e open-vm-tools-gui open-vm-tools vmware-kmp-default

openSUSE 11.2:

rpm -e open-vm-tools-gui open-vm-tools vmware-guest-kmp-desktop

Note: The exact package names varies by distribution and kernel version. Confirm the package name in your own installation.

Install the VMware Tools included with your VMware product. For details, see General VMware Tools installation instructions (1014294).

Restart the guest operating system.

For openSUSE 11.1, the rpm -e command fails with error. To resolve this:

In an X terminal, log in as root ( su).

Edit this file using the vi editor:

vi /etc/init.d/vmware-guest

Note: The guest vm package name may vary.

Find these lines and comment them out:

umount /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint
modprobe -r vmblock
modprobe -r vmsync
modprobe -r vmmemctl

For example:

# umount /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint

# modprobe -r vmblock

# modprobe -r vmsync

# modprobe -r vmmemctl|

Save and close the file.

Run the command:

rpm -e open-vm-tools-gui open-vm-tools vmware-kmp-default

Install VMware Tools.

Additional Information

For translated versions of this article, see:

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日本語: Linux ディストリビューションに含まれる Open VMware Tools のアンインストール (2083815)

简体中文: 卸载 Linux 发行版所包含的开放 VMware Tools (2088068)

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