Because of the same Linux system and the same origin as Debian, installing VMware tools in Ubuntu12.04 is similar to "Linux" in Debian installation of VMware Tools (click to open link). But installing VMware tools in Ubuntu is quick and easy.
1. First select "Virtual Machine" and "Install VMware Tools" in the host's Virtual machine menu.
2. After that, Ubuntu will pop up an already loaded disc device. directly to the CD-ROM tar.gz copy to/tmp, this folder, after the restart of the contents of the content will disappear, anyway, installation files are useless.
3, click on the left "file system" to find the TMP folder into the post-paste, is a Windows operation.
4, after the direct right-click decompression. Linux comes with compression software.
5, compression completed, using Ctrl+alt+t Open terminal, after all, installed in Linux or root user, or need to enter a password. Enter the following command:
Cd/tmp/vmware-tools-distribsudo./vmware-install.pl
The first line means to enter the Tmp/vmware-tools-distrib folder, where the meaning of the CD is the same as for Windows.
sudo./vmware-install.pl is running this file as Administrator and does not add sudo as shown in it does not let you run at all. After running this command, enter the password to note that the number of passwords in Linux is not displayed. Don't think there's no reaction. What to lose, do not randomly press the keyboard, is the password you installed the system.
6, the output has been press ENTER, all things in accordance with the default settings to run OK, came to a few steps, such as, press the end of no response, is because the installation in progress, Ubuntu is the card machine. Just press the carriage return and don't press the carriage return.
7, after, until you see the enjoy prompt, the command line back out, you can enter the following command to restart the system:
sudo reboot
Reboot command is only super users can execute, lose the password, it is not as good as the upper right corner of the restart convenient.
8. After you wait for Ubuntu to restart, you find that after you set the "View", "auto-adjust", "auto-adjust the client"
Your Ubuntu is finally able to fill the screen, proving that VMware Tools is installed.
Your Ubuntu is finally able to fill the screen, proving that VMware Tools is installed.
"Linux" installs VMware Tools in Ubuntu12.04