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Here's a quick tutorial on how to install VMware Tools on a Linux guest machine
1. After creating a Linux guest machine in VMware - boot into the machine
2. After you've booted into Linux guest machine click on the VM tab and then click "Install VMware Tools"
3. A mounted drive should appear. If you don't see it either set up your desktop to show mounted drives or just enter it through file manager
4. Open the mounted drive and double click the archive to open it
5. Choose a location where you want to extract it. The easiest way is to just drag & drop to the Home folder (cause when you enter the terminal you should be in he Home folder automatically)
6. Enter the Terminal (or Konsole, or whatever you use on your particular distro) and WITHOUT " "
"ls" for the list of files and folders
enter "cd vmware-tools-distrib"
7. Enter the "ls" again to see if you are in the right folder. There should be vmware-install.pl file there
8. Type - "sudo ./vmware-install.pl" - WITHOUT " " and then enter your user/root password
sudo - tells Linux to run as super-user (like Run as Administrator in Win)
./ - tells Linux to run the file from the current directory
9. Press Enter to all questions that follow. When done reboot VM Guest machine. That's it.
This tutorial was made on Zorin OS, but will work on all Ubuntu based distros as well as any other Linux with possible slight variations - all you really need to know is how to enter the proper directory and run the file as super-user.
1. After creating a Linux guest machine in VMware - boot into the machine
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2. After you've booted into Linux guest machine click on the VM tab and then click "Install VMware Tools"
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3. A mounted drive should appear. If you don't see it either set up your desktop to show mounted drives or just enter it through file manager
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4. Open the mounted drive and double click the archive to open it
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5. Choose a location where you want to extract it. The easiest way is to just drag & drop to the Home folder (cause when you enter the terminal you should be in he Home folder automatically)
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6. Enter the Terminal (or Konsole, or whatever you use on your particular distro) and WITHOUT " "
"ls" for the list of files and folders
enter "cd vmware-tools-distrib"
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7. Enter the "ls" again to see if you are in the right folder. There should be vmware-install.pl file there
You must be registered for see links
8. Type - "sudo ./vmware-install.pl" - WITHOUT " " and then enter your user/root password
You must be registered for see links
You must be registered for see links
sudo - tells Linux to run as super-user (like Run as Administrator in Win)
./ - tells Linux to run the file from the current directory
9. Press Enter to all questions that follow. When done reboot VM Guest machine. That's it.
You must be registered for see links
This tutorial was made on Zorin OS, but will work on all Ubuntu based distros as well as any other Linux with possible slight variations - all you really need to know is how to enter the proper directory and run the file as super-user.
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