Ways to install VMware Tools under Linux

1. Press CTRL + ALT key to enter the main operating system and click the Install Virtual Machine Tools submenu under the VMware Virtual Machines menu. Menu: Vm->install VMware Tools .... (Install VMware Tools, virtual machines ...)
2. Click the "Install" button in "Pop-up Dialog" to confirm the installation of VMware Tools.
3. Mouse click on the Linux interface to enter Linux.
4. Mount the optical drive device with the following command, note case.
(if there is no corresponding directory under/MNT, it can be created by the mkdir command.)
Mount-t Iso9660/dev/cdrom/mnt/cdrom
5.ls/mnt/cdrom you will find one or two files in the following file:
VMWARETOOLS-6.0.3-80004.I386.RPM and Vmwaretools-6.0.3-80004.tar.gz
This is the Linux package for VMware Tools. (where 6.0.3-80004 is the version number, may vary)

These two files are actually a software, but the first one is the installation package form, the second is the compression form. We use a second file for installation.

Note that it is not possible to use the TAR decompression command directly under this/mnt/cdrom, or cannot open ... The error

vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy:cannot mkdir:no such file ordirectory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmblock.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmblock.tar:cannot Open:nosuch file or directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vsock.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vsock.tar:cannot open:no suchfile or directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmmemctl.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmmemctl.tar:cannot open:no such file or directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmxnet3.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmxnet3.tar:cannot Open:nosuch file or directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/pvscsi.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/pvscsi.tar:cannot open:no suchfile or directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmci.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmci.tar:cannot open:no suchfile or directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmhgfs.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmhgfs.tar:cannot open:no suchfile or directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmxnet.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/legacy/vmxnet.tar:cannot open:no suchfile or directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/pvscsi.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/pvscsi.tar:cannot open:no such fileor directory

Vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci.tar

Tar:vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci.tar:cannot open:no such file ordirectory

The correct way is to create a new test directory in/tmp

#mkdir/tmp/test/

Then copy vm.....tar.gz.

cp/mnt/cdrom/vm.....tar.gz/tmp/test/

6. Back to/tmp/test decompression vm....tar.gz

#tar –XZVF vm.....tar.gz

If it is a RPM package, the

RPM-IVH vmwaretools-6.0.3-80004.i386.rpm

7. Then enter the unzip directory to install the. pl file

#./vmware-install.pl

You can complete the installation without an accident.

Ways to install VMware Tools under Linux