When a beginner installs VMware tools on the Ubuntu server version, because there is no visual interface and no idea where to find the vmwaretools-x.x.x-xxxxx.tar.gz installation package, here are the following in Ubuntu Server version how to install VMware Tools
Environment:
Window 10 System
Download Address: Link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1b4r5sq Password: Rcke
VMware version: 12.5.0
Download Address: Link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1c2cJtni Password: nz57
Ubuntu Server version: ubuntu-14.04.5-server-i386
Download Address: Link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1kV9FeK3 Password: Dgba
Log on to Ubuntu as root
$ sudo su
VMware Select Menu Virtual machine-> install VMware Tools
Ubuntu command Line Input
# mount-t iso9660/dev/cdrom/mnt //iso9660 file system is a standard CD-ROM file system
# CD MNT
# CP Vmwaretools-9.9.3-2759765.tar.gz/tmp
# CD.
# umount/dev/cdrom #
cd/tmp #
tar zxvf vmwaretools-9.9.3-2759765.tar.gz
# cd Wmware-tools-distrib
# Apt-get Install gcc//If GCC is installed this step can omit
#./vmware-install.pl/Installation
Shutdown:
Shtudown-h now //reboot effective