VMware Tools Installation Summary

background; After the archlinux is installed in VMware, the window is too small to operate conveniently. After querying that VMware Tools does not install automatically, it needs to be installed manually.

Official Installation Instructions: Manually install or upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine

Steps

1, on the host, from the Workstation Pro menu bar, select Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools.

This step is primarily to load the VMware Tools Virtual CD-ROM image , since it was previously loaded with Arch.iso, so you need to unmount the CD-ROM image first

2, in the virtual machine, log in to the guest operating system as root and open the terminal window.

3, run mount command without parameters to determine whether the Linux distribution automatically loads the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image.

Mount

Loading directory slightly different, the author is as follows

4. Unpack the installer to the specified directory.

Cd/tmp
Tar zxpf/run/media/henry/vmware\ tools/vmwaretools-x.x.x-yyyy.tar.gz

The x.x.x value is the product version number, and YYYY is the build number of the product version.

5. Run the Setup program and configure VMware Tools.

CD vmware-tools-distrib. /vmware-install. pl

During the installation process, enter.

Solve the problem

A, directory not found

What's the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/to rc6.d/)?

WORKAROUND: Open a new terminal, create a directory, need to restart the system when necessary

CD/etcmkdir  init.dcd init.d for in {0,1,2, 3,4,5,6domkdir Done

b, I can't find ifconfig.

Workaround: Install Net-tools

Pacman-s Net-tools

6, setting the window size

After successful installation, in ArchLinux, the desktop right-click to set display Settings, select the appropriate resolution to save.

Reference Documentation:

http://install-vmware-tools.sviluppo-siti-web.com/content/ vmware-tools-troubleshooting-what-directory-contains-init-directories-rc0d-rc6d

VMware Tools Installation Summary