RedHat Virtual Machine: Installation of VMware Tools)

I am using the redhzt9.0 system. The VMware Tools installation method is useful for reference in this article,

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If we look at it carefully,
It will be displayed in the lower left corner of the VMware software interface
"You don't have VMware Tools installed", that is, we have not Installed VMware Tools.
What is the use of VMware Tools?
VMware Tools is actually a virtual graphics card driver,
After installation, the screen of the virtual system will display better,
In addition, I also found someone on the internet saying,
After installation, you can move the mouse between the master and customer systems freely,
You do not need to use the CTRL + ALT combination to switch (this is indeed a little troublesome ).
Of course, there must be other uses!

Next, we will briefly introduce how to install VMware Tools.

1. Right-click the virtual system on the left of the VMware interface and select "Install VMware Tools"
Note: The VM must be in the power-on status and will not be valid during shutdown.
For example:

A cd icon appears on the Linux Desktop,
This is only because the system loads the installation image file of VMware Tools to the virtual Optical Drive,
VMware Tools is not actually installed.
For example:

2. Find the VMware Tools installation package
Right-click the Linux desktop, open the terminal, and enter the following commands (note that there are spaces ):
CD/mnt/CDROM (Note: Go to the folder of the virtual optical drive)
Ls (Note: view the files and subfolders in the folder)
For example:


The "VMware Tools-5.5.3-34685.tar.gz" that appears at this time is the installation package name,
Remember it. It will be used later.

3. Move the installation package and decompress it for installation.
On the terminal, run the following command:
CD/(Note: Return to the root directory)
CP/mnt/CDROM/VMwareTools-5.5.3-34685.tar.gz/tmp (Note: copy the installation package to the TMP folder)
CD/tmp (Note: Enter the TMP folder)
Tar zxf VMwareTools-5.5.3-34685.tar.gz (Note: unzip the installation package)
CD vmware-tools-distrib (Note: Go to the extracted folder)
./Vmware-install.pl (Note: Execute the Installation File)
For example:


If you have installed all the X Window environments and development tools in Linux,
The above installation process should be smooth,
During installation, you may encounter problems such as "in which directory do you want to install your binary files,
Simply press Enter;
If you encounter a request with [Yes], enter yes and press Enter.
For example:

After the installation is complete, you will also be asked to configure the Resolution:
Do you want to change your guest x resolution?
[1] 640x480
[2] 800x600
[3] 1024x768
......
My machine supports 1280x1024, with 7 selected,
You can decide based on your machine.
Set resolution to make the screen clearer and more beautiful in full screen
Note that the resolution is applicable to full screen display,
Many people may be used to operating virtual systems (such as me) in window mode ),
Set the resolution to a smaller value, for example, 800x600.
Now, VMware Tools has been installed successfully,
Restart the VM to make the configuration take effect.