Sharing folders between linux virtual machines and winodows-it is very troublesome for linux to install VMware tools virtual machines to obtain files from the original local system. To share folders between the original system and virtual machines, you can install vmware tools. 1. Install vmware tools (1) check whether the optical drive is mounted on the Virtual Machine. If it has been mounted, unmount it first (2) decompress the vmwaretools compressed package and copy the gz compressed package in vmwaretools to your folder (arbitrary, you can find it by yourself) and decompress the compressed package to use tar-xzvf vmware ------*. run the gz command and ENTER as prompted to confirm. 2. Set the shared folder to the VM option, select the setting option, and follow the prompts below to select the option: After selecting the option, ENTER the system, enter the following command in the terminal to operate the shared folder.