The steps on install the VMware Tools in a linux Guest.

Before you begin, make sure the virtual machine is powered on and the guest operating system is running.

To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest

1	On the host, select VM > Install VMware Tools .

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 .

2	On the guest, log in as root.

3	If your Linux distribution does not automatically mount CD-ROMs, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image.

a	If necessary, create the /mnt/cdrom directory:

mkdir /mnt/cdrom

b	Mount the CD-ROM drive.

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.

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

4	Change to a working directory (for example, /tmp ):

cd /tmp

5	If a previous installation exists, delete the previous vmware-tools-distrib directory.

The location of this directory depends on where you placed it during the previous installation. Often it is placed in /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib .

6	Uncompress the installer:

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.

7	If necessary, unmount the CD-ROM image.

If your Linux distribution automatically mounted the CD-ROM, you do not need to unmount the image.

umount /dev/cdrom

8	Run the VMware Tools installer.

cd vmware-tools-distrib

./vmware-install.pl

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.

9	If you are updating VMware Tools, reboot the virtual machine or manually reload the pvscsi , vmxnet , and vmxnet3 Linux kernel modules.

If you reload the modules, networking on the virtual machine is interrupted.

10	Enter the following commands to restore the network:

/etc/init.d/network stop

rmmod vmxnet

modprobe vmxnet

/etc/init.d/network start

11	Log out of the root account.

exit

12	(Optional) Start your graphical environment.

13	In an X terminal, to start the VMware User process, enter the following command:

vmware-user