Post: Install VMware Tools In Debian

From:

Http://www.xxlinux.com/linux/article/accidence/technique/20061223/6585.html

 

 

 

Many beginners, like me, try to install Debian on Vmware first.

To improve the display performance, VMWare will prompt you to install VMware Tools
The installation process is as follows:

Start the Virtual Machine and enter the Debian system.
Choose VM> install vmware-tools from the menu of VMware. It seems that VMware will map the security file to your CDROM.

Mount the optical drive
# Mount-T iso9660/dev/CDROM/mnt

Copy the installation file to your directory.
# Cp/mnt/VMwareTools-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz/home/VMwareTools-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz

Decompress
# Tar zxf VMwareTools-5.5.0-18463.tar.gz

Go to the decompressed directory vmware-tools-distrib and install the tool.
#./Vmware-install.pl

Note! :
You may not be able to find the C header files directory in the security process, which can be solved as follows:

First, check the current kernel version.
# Uname-A for example, Debian 2.6.8-2-386 in Linux

Search its header file.
# Apt-cache search headers 2.6.8-2-386, for example, the result is a linux-headers-2.6.8-2-386

Install
# Apt-Get install linux-headers-2.6.8-2-386

If no development environment is available, run # apt-Get install make GCC,
If not, # apt-Get install gnome-devel

Finally, reinstall vmware-tools.
#./Vmware-install.pl

As a result, windows are much smoother to drag in virtual machines.