Install VMwaretools on a Red Hat system in a virtual machine

① Install VMwareTools objective: to install VMwareTools, you can copy texts between the VM and Windows to directly copy some texts under the host Windows to the system of the VM. ② Check whether VMwareTools: VMwa is installed

① Purpose of installing VMware Tools:

VMware Tools is installed to copy texts between virtual machines and Windows, that is, to directly copy some texts under the host machine Windows to the system of the virtual machine.

② Check whether VMware Tools is installed:

VMware 7.0 will automatically install VMware Tools when you install the virtual machine, but sometimes it will not be installed automatically, then you need to manually install.

How can I check whether VMware Tools is installed?> method: select the VM on the menu bar and check whether there is a Reinstall VMware Tools. If yes, it indicates that you have Installed VMware Tools. Otherwise, no.

③ Installation method:

If no installation is available, perform the following steps. The procedure is as follows:

1. log on to the graphic interface as an administrator, select VM from the menu bar, and then select InstallVMware Tools,

At this time, Red Hat will automatically mount the VMwareTools virtual optical drive, and there will be a prompt at the bottom of the screen: Just do it.

2. select Applications-Accessories-Terminal to enter the Terminal interface,
3. Enter the command (you can press the Tab key to automatically complete the command when entering the command)
4. cp/media/VMware/Tools/VMwareTools-8.1.3-203739.tar.gz/tmp
/* Copy the installation file to the/tmp directory */
5. cd/tmp
6. tar xfzv VMwareTools-8.1.3-203739.tar.gz
/* Unpack the Installation File */
7. cd vmware-tools-distrib
8 ../vmware-install.pl
To start installation,
Select 'no' as the first step, and enter the recommended characters in brackets when the system asks for some confirmation information or path.
When what is the location of the gccprogram on your machine appears, press enter and wocould you like to change it? [Yes] select 'no'
Then, log out.

In this case, you can copy text between the VM and Windows.