VMware Tools installation methods and shared folder Setup methods

When VMware Tools is properly installed, you can implement file sharing between the host and the virtual machine.

You can set up shared Folders , as well as copy and paste directly between hosts and virtual machines .

Installation method:

Select "Virtual Machine", "re-install VMware Tools"

The following interface is displayed:

Right click on vmwaretools-10.0.10-4301679.tar.gz, select "Copy to ..."

Select "Home", "Downloads":

Double-click "Downloads" and click "Select" in the lower right corner:

This will copy the vmwaretools-10.0.10-4301679.tar.gz to "/home/user/downloads/"

Click "X" in the upper left corner to close the Files window.

Next, begin the decompression installation of VMware Tools:

Press "Ctrl" + "Alt" + "T" to open the terminal.

Enter cd/home/, press the TAB key, enter the user directory, my is/home/jason/, press ENTER.

Enter CD downloads/+ ENTER

Enter LS + ENTER

found vmwaretools-10.0.10-4301679.tar.gz has been copied to/home/user name/downloads/

Next, enter tar zxf vmwaretools-10.0.10-4301679.tar.gz, enter, and unzip the file.

when the decompression is complete, enter sudo./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl, enter, start installation

Enter the user password directly, the input process will not be displayed, enter the completed press ENTER.

Next, go to the installation step and follow the steps in the installation:

This completes the installation of VMware tools successfully. Execute sudo reboot to restart the operating system.

Next, set up the shared folder:

Create a folder on the host for the virtual machine and the host file share,

My folder path is C # development tool \ubuntu-14.04.4-desktop-amd64\jasonshare

Then, follow the steps:

Select "Virtual Machine", "Settings"

Click "Browse" to select the path of the shared folder in the host:

The shared folder is now set up.

Ways to access host shared folders in virtual machine Ubuntu:

In terminal command line input cd/mnt/+ press two times Tab key, enter

To access the shared folders in the host.

VMware Tools installation methods and shared folder Setup methods