It has come to my attention that many people don't know how to install VMware tools on Linux, so they don't bother. Linux isn't hard people! I've decided to make it easy for you, so you no longer have any excuses.
If you are looking for how to UPGRADE VMware Tools, please see my other blog post: How to upgrade VMware Tools on Linux
How to install VMware tools on Linux: Steps
1. Open the console of your Linux virtual machine
2. Log in as root
3. Go to the VM Menu, Guest, Install VMware Tools
4. Make a cdrom mount directory (if there isn't one already)
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
5. Mount the cdrom/iso
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
6. Change directory to the mounted cdrom path
cd /mnt/cdrom
7. List the directory contents, you are looking for VMwareTools-version#-build#.tar.gz
ls
7. Copy the VMware Tools file to the root home directory
cp VMwareTools*.tar.gz ~
8. Change directory to the root home directory
cd
9. Expand the VMware Tools archive
tar -zxf VMwareTools*.tar.gz
10. List the contents of the root directory, look for the vmware-tools-distrib directory- change to that directory
cd vmware-tools-distrib
11. List the contents of that directory, look for the vmware install perl script and run it
./vmware-install.pl
12. Follow the installation script - usually the defaults work fine. If you get errors, you may need to install perl or gcc to be able to correctly install VMware tools. Follow the correct instructions for your OS to install this.
13. Once the installation finishes, it will ask you if you want to run the configuration script, say yes. Again, the defaults usually work for most everyone, most of the time.
14. Once the install has finished, unmount the ISO
umount /dev/cdrom
15. Go to the VM menu, Guest, if "End Vmware Tools Install" is an option, select that. Otherwise, you are done!
Reconfigure VMware Tools
As a side note, if you every want to reconfigure VMware tools (for example, if you upgrade your Linux OS to a new kernel rev) you can always do the following:
1. Log in as root
2. Run the config script manually
vmware-config-tools.pl
If you are looking for how to UPGRADE VMware Tools, please see my other blog post: How to upgrade VMware Tools on Linux
How to install VMware tools on Linux: Steps
1. Open the console of your Linux virtual machine
2. Log in as root
3. Go to the VM Menu, Guest, Install VMware Tools
4. Make a cdrom mount directory (if there isn't one already)
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
5. Mount the cdrom/iso
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
6. Change directory to the mounted cdrom path
cd /mnt/cdrom
7. List the directory contents, you are looking for VMwareTools-version#-build#.tar.gz
ls
7. Copy the VMware Tools file to the root home directory
cp VMwareTools*.tar.gz ~
8. Change directory to the root home directory
cd
9. Expand the VMware Tools archive
tar -zxf VMwareTools*.tar.gz
10. List the contents of the root directory, look for the vmware-tools-distrib directory- change to that directory
cd vmware-tools-distrib
11. List the contents of that directory, look for the vmware install perl script and run it
./vmware-install.pl
12. Follow the installation script - usually the defaults work fine. If you get errors, you may need to install perl or gcc to be able to correctly install VMware tools. Follow the correct instructions for your OS to install this.
13. Once the installation finishes, it will ask you if you want to run the configuration script, say yes. Again, the defaults usually work for most everyone, most of the time.
14. Once the install has finished, unmount the ISO
umount /dev/cdrom
15. Go to the VM menu, Guest, if "End Vmware Tools Install" is an option, select that. Otherwise, you are done!
Reconfigure VMware Tools
As a side note, if you every want to reconfigure VMware tools (for example, if you upgrade your Linux OS to a new kernel rev) you can always do the following:
1. Log in as root
2. Run the config script manually
vmware-config-tools.pl
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