Before you begin, make sure the virtual machine is powered on and the guest operating system is running.
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On the host, select
VM > Install VMware Tools .
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If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is
Update
VMware Tools . If the current version is installed, the menu item is
Reinstall
VMware Tools .
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If your Linux distribution does not automatically mount CD-ROMs, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image.
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If necessary, create the
/mnt/cdrom directory:
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Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize the
/dev directory differently. If your CD-ROM drive is not
/dev/cdrom or if the mount point for a CD-ROM is not
/mnt/cdrom , modify the command to reflect the conventions used by your distribution.
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The location of this directory depends on where you placed it during the previous
installation. Often it is placed in
/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib .
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-
<x.x.x>-<yyyy> .tar.gz
The value
<x.x.x> is the product version number and
<yyyy> is the build number of the product release.
If your Linux distribution automatically mounted the CD-ROM, you do not need to unmount the image.
Respond to the questions the command-line wizard displays on the screen. Press Enter to accept the default value. The configuration file,
vmware-config-tools.pl , runs after the installer file finishes running.
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If you are updating VMware Tools, reboot the virtual machine or manually reload the
pvscsi ,
vmxnet , and
vmxnet3 Linux kernel modules.
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