[Linux learning] character interface install vmtools in linux

[Linux learning] character interface before vmtools is installed in linux, the version of the integrated graphic interface is selected for the linux environment installed in VM. Today, I tried a character interface, the steps for installing vmtools are a little different. * Why is vmtools installed? The main purpose is to use the shared folder function to transfer files between hosts and virtual machines. Of course, vmtools also has some other functions. After the installation, the user can choose one by one during the configuration process. 1. Choose "VM"> "settings" from the menu bar for VM software configuration. Select "Options" in the pop-up box, that is, the second tab page, and click "Share Folsers ). In the detailed settings on the right side, select always enabled for the radio group, and click the add button below to add a folder that you use to share with the Virtual Machine. OK. Ii. Operations in the Virtual Machine System: 1. When you attach a VMtools disc, choose VM> Install VMware tools on the menu bar to automatically attach the VMtools disc to the VM's optical drive, if it fails to be automatically loaded, you can find the iso under the installation directory of VMware. I chose linux because it is a linux system. iso 2. Attach a CD first. check whether there is a cdrom directory under/mnt. If so, try to import it. It means it has already been mounted. If not, run mount/dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrom to complete mounting on the premise that mkdir/mnt/cdrom exists. * Mount requires the root permission. 3. Copy vmtools, and unzip the specific command can refer to cp/mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-9.2.0-799703.tar.gz/usr/local/cd/usr/local/tar-zxvf VMwareTools-9.2.0-799703.tar.gzcd vmware-tools-distrib * specific name may be caused by VM different versions, basically, it can be matched. * Select the copy and decompress directories. 4. For details about how to install vmtools, see. /vmware-install.pl if there are no special requirements, just press enter after the installation, will prompt before the first use, need to execute a configuration script, I am relatively lazy, do not want to remember the command, press enter and configure it immediately. Just like me, if you want to use the shared folder function, press enter again. 5. After the installation is over, the installation and configuration script will tell you that the installation is successful, and the CD-Rom (that is, the VMware tools CD-Rom) will be automatically displayed. There is a small reminder that the pop-up fails. Restart the System of the VM once, And the VMtools will automatically run. (The premise is that you just press enter without changing the auto-start level) 3. After you restart the shared folder Virtual Machine System, in/mnt/hgfs/, you can see the shared folder you set.