Install VMware Tools (take fedora 9 as an example)

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There are many articles on how to install VMware Tools online. I am a beginner and learned how to install VMware Tools online. As a beginner, I feel deeply confused at the beginning.

This article describes how to install VMware Tools. I hope this article can achieve a goal, not only to let beginners know, but also to let them know. I cannot guarantee the ultimate goal. But I will try my best.

 

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After we install the Virtual Machine VMWare, create a new virtual machine, and install the client operating system (taking fedora 9 as an example), we also need to install VMware Tools.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Start the client operating system and log on as root. (Note: The client operating system must be in the character interface, not in the X Window Interface .)

2. Select "virtual machine/install VMware Tools" in VMware ". This operation will automatically put the Installation File of VMware Tools in your optical drive (CD-ROM.

3. To use files in the optical drive (CD-ROM), you need to mount the optical drive.

First, create the directory cdrom in the/mnt directory. The command is as follows:

Mkdir/mnt/CDROM

Then you can mount the optical drive. The command is as follows:

Mount/dev/CDROM/mnt/CDROM

4. Run the following command to change the working directory:

CD/mnt/CDROM

5. You can view the name of the VMware Tools Package in this directory. The command is as follows:

Ls

You can see two software packages, vmwarw.ls-6.0.2-592.16.i386.rpmand vmwarw.ls-6.0.2-592.16.tar.gz. We only need the tar package. Copy it to the/tmp directory and run the following command:

CP, MNT, CDROM, VMwareTools-6.0.2-59824.tar.gz, TMP

6. Switch to the/tmp directory and run the following command:

CD/tmp

7. decompress the package. The command is as follows:

Tar zxf VMwareTools-6.0.2-59824.tar.gz

8. The optical drive file has been copied. You can detach the optical drive. The command is as follows:

Umount/mnt/CDROM

9. You can run the LS command to check whether a vmware-tools-distrib directory is added after decompression. To switch to this directory, run the following command:

CD vmware-tools-distrib

10. Run the LS command to check that there is a vmware-install.pl file. It is the VMware Tools Installation File. Run the following installation command:

/Vmware-install.pl

The system starts to install VMware Tools.

 

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The introduction in this article ends here. However, for the installation of VMware Tools, this is the beginning of the long journey. There will be more levels waiting for you when configuring VMware Tools later, so you must be prepared to overcome the difficulties.

For the greatest difficulty, I wrote an article "feelings about installing VMware Tools" last night, hoping to help you.

 

 

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