Guide for installing VMware tools for Linux (Ubuntu)

1. Open Ubuntu VM machine

2. Go and click menu VM -> Install VMware Tools…
   

3. Please go to step4 if you see the error below:
   

4. Use physical drive instead for CD/DVD (SATA),CD/DVD 2(SATA) and Floppy. See below:
   

5. Please go to step 2 after finished step 4. You will see the following folder in Ubuntu machine:
   

6. Copy VMwareTools-9.6.1-1378637.tar.gz to somewhere, e.g. Desktop and upzip it via “tar –xf VMwareTools-9.6.1-1378637.tar.gz” in Terminal.
   

7. Go to folder which created by step 6, here means foder “vmware-tools-distrib” and you will see file vmware-install.pl

   

8. Install vmware-install.pl in Terminal via “sudo ./vmware-install.pl” and then next by next
   

9. Please re-log in after installed.