---
name: "libvmtools"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "open-vm-tools"
version: "2:12.5.0-2+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libvmtools"
---

# libvmtools(3)

vmware shared library

## NAME

libvmtools - vmware shared library

## DESCRIPTION

This is a shared library used by several Open VM Tools components, such as vmware-toolbox-cmd and vmtoolsd (and its plugins).

## SEE ALSO

[*vmware-checkvm*(1)](/vmware-checkvm/1.md)\
 [*vmware-toolbox-cmd*(1)](/vmware-toolbox-cmd/1.md)\
 [*vmware-xferlogs*(1)](/vmware-xferlogs/1.md)\
 [*libguestlib*(3)](/libguestlib/3.md)\
 [*vmware-user-suid-wrapper*(1)](/vmware-user-suid-wrapper/1.md)

## HOMEPAGE

More information about libvmtools and the Open VM Tools can be found at \<*http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/*\>.

## AUTHOR

Open VM Tools were written by VMware, Inc. \<*http://www.vmware.com/*\>.

This manual page was put together from homepage materials by Daniel Baumann \<*mail@daniel-baumann.ch*\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).