Kali installing VMware Tools (verbose + exception handling)

[email protected]:~$ cd/media/cdrom0 into the optical drive

[email protected]:/media/cdrom0$ ls to see what's in the current directory
Manifest.txt run_upgrader.sh vmwaretools-9.6.2-1688356.tar.gz vmware-tools-upgrader-32 vmware-tools-upgrader-64

[email protected]:/media/cdrom0$ CP vmwaretools*.tar.gz/home copy Vwtools to home directory (note capitalization)

[Email protected]:/media/cdrom0$ CD

[Email protected]:~$ ls
Desktop dnt vmwaretools-9.6.2-1688356.tar.gz

[email protected]:~$ gzip-d vmwaretools*.tar.gz unzip. GZ to tar (file size will become larger)

[Email protected]:~$ ls
Desktop dnt Vmwaretools-9.6.2-1688356.tar

[email protected]:~$ tar-xvf Vmwaretools*.tar unzip the file and show the detailed decompression process

[Email protected]:~$ ls
Desktop dnt Vmwaretools-9.6.2-1688356.tar Vmware-tools-distrib

[email protected]:~$ cd vmware* into the Vmware-tools-distrib directory

[Email protected]:~/vmware-tools-distrib$ ls
Bin Doc etc FILES INSTALL installer Lib vmware-install.pl

[email protected]:~/vmware-tools-distrib$ su switch to root account
Password:

[Email protected]:/home/dnt/vmware-tools-distrib# ./vmware*.pl Run the installation package (as shown)

[email protected]:reboot reboot

Note this situation:

[Email protected]:/home/dnt/vmware-tools-distrib#./vmware*.pl
A Previous installation of VMware Tools has been detected.

The previous installation was made by the Tar Installer (version 4).

Keeping the TAR4 Installer database format.

You have a version of VMware Tools installed. Continuing this install would
First uninstall the currently installed version. wish to continue?
(yes/no) [Yes]

Error:unable to find the binary installation directory (answer BINDIR)
In the Installer database file "/etc/vmware-tools/locations".

Uninstall failed. Please correct the failure and re run the install.

Execution aborted.

Workaround:

[Email protected]:/home/dnt/vmware-tools-distrib# rm-rf/etc/vmware-tools
[Email protected]:/home/dnt/vmware-tools-distrib# rm-rf/tmp/vm*
[Email protected]:/home/dnt/vmware-tools-distrib#./vmware*.pl

Resources:
Http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4fd50c390101897e.html

Http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId =2101470

Kali installing VMware Tools (verbose + exception handling)