Steps to install VMware Tools and those pits

Background: VMware Workstation 12.5+ubuntu16.04

First, VMware Tools is and is not stable in Ubuntu, which means that when you click Install VMware Tools in the menu bar, you may not see the corresponding. tar.gz package in the CD, and of course it is possible to see it.

The following workaround is in case of a package that can see. tar.gz:

You can copy the. tar.gz package to Desktop first, then open the terminal and execute the following command (preferably under root):

Go to the Desktop directory:

CD Desktop

Unpack the. tar.gz Package:

TAR-XZVF vmwaretools-x-x.tar.gz of the two X, for each person's. tar.gz different, here's the vmwaretools-x-x.tar.gz is that you can see that important. tar.gz's package name

After decompression will get such a folder Vmware-tools-distrib, enter vmware-tools-distrib this directory:

CD Vmware-tools-distrib

Execute the last command:

./vmware-install.pl

After the return to the good, enter the time to look at the need not to choose, make the corresponding judgment.

Restarting the virtual machine when the installation is complete will reveal that tools are installed.

Steps to install VMware Tools and those pits