How to install Open VM Tools (`open-vm-tools`) to Ubuntu?

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open-vm-tools is preinstalled to Ubuntu 14.04 and later releases:

open-vm-tools packages for user space components are available with new versions of major Linux distributions, and are installed as part of the OS installation in several cases.
Please refer to VMware KB article VMware Knowledge Base for details.
All leading Linux vendors support open-vm-tools and bundle it with their products.
For information about OS compatibility for open-vm-tools, see the VMware Compatibility Guide at VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search
Automatic installation of open-vm-tools along with the OS installation eliminates the need to separately install open-vm-tools in guests.

github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-10.2.0/README.md#is-open-vm-tools-available-with-linux-distributions

If open-vm-tools is absent in your Ubuntu, then you can install it manually with the command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop

github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/wiki#how-do-i-install-open-vm-tools
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