Install Ubuntu and Vmwaretools on VMware

First, platform: Win7 operating system

VMware 10.0.0

Ubuntu 14.04

Second, the installation of Ubuntu under VMware:

Specific installation steps can follow the recommended, but be aware that you must first create a new virtual machine, then install Ubuntu, not directly in the creation is installed, otherwise installed will be the English system.

Third, install VMware tools:

1. Under VMware's Menu "virtual Machine (M)", select Install VMware Tools;
2. Open the DVD folder on the right and copy the "vmwaretools*.tar.gz" to the desktop. Right-click Extract here to get a vmware-tools-distrib folder;
3. Open the terminal to enter this folder, and execute the following command: sudo./vmware-install.pl
4. Installation is complete.

Iv. setting up Shared folders:

Under Window, create a new folder. such as e-disk: Linuxshare.

In the case of Ubuntu off, on the left side of VMware, right-click Ubuntu, select Settings, select Options, and set up shared folders.

You can see the shared folder you just created in the Ubuntu/mnt/hgfs directory.

If you still do not see the shared folder, then you can enter the following command in the terminal to resolve after restarting: sudo vmware-config-tools.pl

Install Ubuntu and Vmwaretools on VMware