Install VMware Tools in Linux

This articleArticleI basically understood how to install vmtools in Linux, But I installed them differently, so it is for reference only. The specific implementation depends on the Linux system or the specific version, I use RedHat and ubuntu. The basic operation is:

Mount the optical drive, copy the file to TMP, decompress, install, and install the file by default.

 

1. Enter Linux as root

2. Press CTRL + ALT to enter the main operating system, click the installation prompt in the VMware status bar, or click the Enable VMware Tools sub-menu under the setting menu.

3. Confirm the installation of VMware Tools.
At this time, we have not installed the VMware Tools Package. If you click the menu: devices, you will find that the menu Text of the optical drive is changed to: ide1: 0->; C: /program files/vmware workstation/programs/Linux. ISO, which means that VMware uses the Linux ISO image file as the VM's CD

4. Click the Linux interface to go to Linux.

5. Run the following command. Note the case sensitivity.
Mount-T iso9660/dev/CDROM/mnt
load the CDROM device. If you enter the/mnt directory, you will find an additional file: vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz. This is the Linux software package of wmware tools, which we saw when we used winiso to open the Linux. ISO file.
CP/mnt/vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz/tmp
copy the package to the tmp directory of Linux.
umount/dev/CDROM
uninstall CDROM.
Cd/tmp
enter the tmp directory
tar zxf vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz
decompress the package, decompress the package to the vmware-Linux-tools directory by default (with the same name as the file name ).
Cd vmware-Linux-tools
enter the decompressed directory
./install. pl
run the installation command.
the "Install" prompt indicates whether to back up the previous configuration file. We recommend that you select "Y ".
after the install operation is complete, enter the start command to see the beautiful Linux GUI?