DebianVMWareTOOLS installation under Virtual Machine

Debianvmwarwaretools installation under virtual machine-Debian Technology of Linux release, the following is a detailed description. Debian was installed on the virtual machine today, but an error occurred while installing VMWare tools. The prompt is probably that gcc and linux headers need to be installed, which are not installed by default during installation, so.

After a long time, I summarized the steps for installing VMware Tools In Debian:

1. Install GCC/Make:
The installation of VMware Tools requires compilation and make. Therefore, GCC and Make must be installed in advance: "apt-get install gcc make ;", or install build-essential directly to install all the related packages;

2. Install the kernel header file:
The installation of VMware Tools depends on the kernel header file. Otherwise, the "version. h" file cannot be found during installation. Run the uname-a command to check your Debian version (2.6.18-8-686). When installing VMware Tools, you must reinstall the header file of the new kernel: "apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.18-8-686 ";

3. Install VMware Tools:
After all preparations are completed, it is easy to Install VMware Tools. Choose Install VMware Tools in the VM menu of VMware ..., Then the system will automatically mount the VMware Tools Package to the optical drive, the compressed package unzipping, run the vmware-tools-distrib under the vmware-install.pl, one way to next;

After the installation is complete, restart the system. OK.