安装open-vm-tools时提示失败(解决办法就是卸载重装，详细见文章)

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在虚拟机中安装open-vm-tools时提示失败，错误提示如下：

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invoke-rc.d: initscript open-vm-tools, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing package open-vm-tools (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of open-vm-tools-desktop:
 open-vm-tools-desktop depends on open-vm-tools (= 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2); however:
  Package open-vm-tools is not configured yet.


dpkg: error processing package open-vm-tools-desktop (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of open-vm-toolbox:
 open-vm-toolbox depends on open-vm-tools-desktop; however:
  Package open-vm-tools-desktop is not configured yet.


dpkg: error processing package open-vm-toolbox (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of open-vm-tools-dkms:
 open-vm-tools-dkms depends on open-vm-tools (>= 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu3); however:
  Package open-vm-tools is not configured yet.


dpkg: error processing package open-vm-tools-dkms (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of open-vm-dkms:
 open-vm-dkms No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                                                                                        No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                         No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                                                                       No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
            depends on open-vm-tools-dkms; however:
  Package open-vm-tools-dkms is not configured yet.


dpkg: error processing package open-vm-dkms (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 open-vm-tools
 open-vm-tools-desktop
 open-vm-toolbox
 open-vm-tools-dkms
 open-vm-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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这种情况下，需要将原有的安装及配置全部删除即可，亲测有效！

$ sudo apt-get autoremove open-vm-dkms open-vm-tools --purge

命令执行完成后，再次执行安装命令：

$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop open-vm-toolbox open-vm-dkms

完美通过！！！