Virtual machines How to install VMware Tools and install VMware Tools

To learn Python on Linux, the virtual machine is installed today and the Ubuntu system is installed on it. When the installation is complete, you are always prompted to install VMware Tools, and as a result of curiosity, we looked online for information about the role of VMware Tools and how to install it. Now you can summarize the knowledge of VMware tools and make it easier to consult later.

The role of a VMware tools

1. Installing VMware Tools will update the graphics drivers in the virtual machine so that the xwindows in the virtual machine can run in SVGA mode. It is important to install Mware tools in the guest operating system. If you do not install VMware Tools, the graphics environment in the virtual machine is limited to VGA mode graphics (640x480,16 color). Installed with the VMware TOOLS,SVGA driver, VMware Workstation supports up to 32-bit display and high display resolution, significantly improving overall graphics performance.

2. Automatically capture and release the mouse cursor, install VMware Tools and no longer use the Ctrl+alt shortcut key to switch between the mouse cursor between the virtual machine and the host graphical user interface. (very convenient to use)

3. Can be easily implemented between the host and virtual machine or from one virtual machine to another virtual machine for text copy and paste operations. It is also possible to drag and drop files or folders between the host and the virtual machine.

4. Click on the virtual machine full screen, you can make the virtual machine above the system screen and the host screen fit to the same size.

5. Support the real start of the same partition and start from the virtual machine, automatically modify the corresponding settings file.

6. Ability to improve network performance

Two how to install VMware tool on Linux

Before installing virtual machine VMware Tools, you need to know the following concepts:
(1) The virtual machine has free install green version, also has the non-install Green edition, generally does not install the Green Edition after you install the virtual machine, the VMware Tools installation files are automatically generated in the directory (Windows.iso, Linux.iso), and without installing the green version because it is a compressed package, there is no VMware Tools installation files that depends on the release of the package of VMware Tools installation files in it, if not, then you have to trouble, download it yourself.
(2) The virtual machine can be loaded with multiple systems and many systems. VMware Tools, however, is not for virtual machines, but for systems, which means that if you have two systems in your virtual machine and one of them installs VMware tools, you only have VMware Tools installed to use the capabilities of VMware Tools , another system does not use VMware tools, and don't assume that VMware Tools is installed in one system, and that you can use VMware Tools without installing VMware tools, which system you need to use VMware Tools , which system is going to install VMware Tools, which is the one by one corresponding relationship.

(3) VMware Tools installation Depending on the system, there are different VMware tools images, but everyone is in the ISO format package (Windows.iso, Linux.iso), the installation will be based on your virtual system to choose to install, do not see is *. The ISO format is selected, such as Linux VMware tools with Linux, typically named Linux.iso, which is eventually installed by VMware Tools by running files in the *.pl format of the Linux.iso package, if you are an XP system, The VMware Tools installation package is generally named Windows.iso, which is eventually run by running the Windows.iso package inside the Steup.exe.
Well, you just have to figure out these three points, which basically makes it easy to install VMware Tools, and I'll give you the installation process.

VMware Tools Location: VMware installation path \VMware\VMware Workstation\linux.iso

First switch to root user action, then find the location of the vmwaretools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz file, unzip the vmwaretools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz file. Go to the Vmware-tools-distrib folder, and then execute the vmware-install.pl file during the run installation process, it will be a step-by-step problem to ask you to respond, in the process, you just see the problem after the show [Yes], [no], [yes/no ] Input yes, and then enter, the other questions regardless of [] inside what is directly enter the good, do not enter. See--the VMware Team This statement indicates that the installation is complete and then restarts the computer for VMware Tools to take effect.

[[Email protected] ~] #mount/cdrom
# Sometimes it may not load, it is necessary to shut down the system before manually specifying the ISO image,

[[Email protected]:] #cd/cdrom

[Email protected]:/cdrom]#ls-A

[Email protected]:/cdrom] #cp vmwaretools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz/tmp

[Email protected]:/cdrom] #cd/tmp

[Email protected]:/tmp] #tar ZXPF vmwaretools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz

[Email protected]:/tmp] #cd vmware-tools-distrib

[Email protected]:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib]#./vmware-install.pl

Virtual machines How to install VMware Tools and install VMware Tools