installing Vmware-tools under Linux virtual machines in VMware workstation
Author's language: After installing Windows operating system under VMware Workstation, you will be easy to install Vmware-tools. But if you're installing a Linux operating system (for example: Red Hat, CentOS, etc.) how do you install Vmware-tools? Let's show you how to install it.
First, click on the disc in the lower-right corner of your VMware Workstation Linux virtual machine and right-remove the disc (this should be the image you installed when installing the Linux virtual machine).
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Then, click on the virtual machine in the VMware Workstation toolbar and click Install Vmware-tools to insert the Vmware-tools disc.
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The following operations operate under the Linux system
First, build a directory to mount the Vmware-tools CD to this directory
To create a disc mount point :
# Mkdir/mnt/cdrom
To mount a disc:
# Mount/dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrommount:/dev/sr0 is write-protected, mountingread-only
To view the contents of the disc:
# cd/mnt/cdrom# LS
Create a temp folder and unzip the tar file above into this directory:
# mkdir/temp
Unzip the file: (Unzip the tar file above into the temporary folder you just created)
# TAR-ZXVF Vmwaretools-9.6.2-1688356.tar.gz-c/temp
Go to the temporary file you just created and view the contents of the directory below:
# cd/temp# Lsvmware-tools-distrib
Go to the directory shown above:
# CD vmware-tools-distrib/# lsbin doc etc FILES INSTALL installer Lib vmware-install.pl
Execute this executable file:
#./vmware-install.pl
When you are done with the above operation, start installing Vmware-tools
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Linux virtual machine installation vmware-tools in VMware workstation