0 PrefaceVMware Tools is an enhanced tool that comes with VMware virtual machines and only VMware Tools is installed in VMware virtual machines to enable file sharing between hosts and virtual machines, enabling the copying and pasting of files between virtual machines. recently purchased a easyarm Development Board for Ucos as a complement to the Raspberry Pi Linux learning. Installed in the virtual machine Ucos provided by the Ubuntu image, always feel that the host and PC directly between the copy and paste is cool, so installed VMware Tools.
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1 Installation process"1" Open VMware Tools, select a virtual machine, and click Virtual machine settings. This step is equivalent to inserting the disc into the optical drive.
Figure 1 Opening the virtual machine settings
"2" is loaded into Linux.iso. Linux.iso files are typically located in the VMware Player installation directory. This step is equivalent to opening the optical drive in my computer.
Figure 2 Setting up the VMware Tools image location
"3" Run the virtual machine, select Player, select CD/DVD on the removable device, click Connect.
Figure 3 Connecting the optical drive to the virtual machine
"4" execute the following instructions in turn, install VMware Tools, and during the installation, choose the default settings boldly and press ENTER.# New Directorymkdir opt# Copy compressed files to the OPT folder in the user directorycp/media/vmware\ tools/vmwaretools-9.6.2-1688356.tar.gz ~/opt# Enter the OPT folderCD opt# Unzip filesTar zxvf vmwaretools-9.6.2-1688356.tar.gz# to installCD vmware-tools-distrib/sudo./vmware-install.pl
"5" The last reboot system completes the VMware Tools installation sudo reboot
