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VMWare: Operating system: Linux: Install: How install VMWare Tools?
Dec 3rd, 2003 17:47
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden - 22 July 2003 - 08:15 pm -------------------------
VMWare: Operating system: Linux: Install: How to install VMWare Tools?
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Note:
To avoid retyping, when you install in several Linux operating systems
in VMWare for example, save this commands as a a text batch file, copy
it that Linux operating system and run this batch script.
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When you have this VMWare Tools installed, you will/should e.g. also be
able to copy/paste from and to your guest and host operating system.
(but this did not work until now for me in this version v4.0.5).
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-To install VMWare Tools, you will have to switch to text mode
first.
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Internet: see also:
Linux: Switch: Console: How to switch the console between graphics and
text? [VMWare]
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/26404/fid/107
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Steps: Overview:
I Change to text mode first
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II. Now install VMWare tools
see also:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/new_guest_tools_ws.html#1008207
5. -select from VMWare menu option 'File'
6. -select from list 'install VMWare tools'
7. -click on button 'install'
8. -go back to the console (to open a console,
right click on the desktop, then select 'New terminal)
and type now:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
(you might then see the message
'block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only')
cd /tmp
tar zxf /mnt/vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz
umount /mnt
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
(then continue to press <ENTER> to accept
the presented defaults)
exit
Now start the graphical shell, by typing
startx
Start your VMWare toolbox, by typing in a console:
vmware-toolbox &
or using the complete path:
/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox
or
/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox &
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Note:
You must keep this window running, while in the session,
to be able to copy/paste to the clipboard.
I did not manage until now to copy from and to the
Windows and Linux clipboard.
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9. -If you should have installed VMWare tools on a Windows operating
system in VMWWare, to check if your VMWare tools is successfully
installed, you should see a VMWare icon on the Windows taskbar of
your VMWare window below right. If you double click on this icon
you can set the settings for your VMWare tools
But this only seems to be true for Windows operating systems
installed under VMWare, as I did not see on any of my Linux boxes
(e.g. Linux Mandrake v9, Linux Red Hat v9, ...) this icon.
So to check in Linux that it is present, you should type
/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox, and then get a message that it is
already running or you should see the toolbox window coming up.
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PS To let the VMWare tools start automatically,
adding it to your startup file for Linux:
vmware-toolbox
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Starting VMware Tools Automatically
You may find it helpful to configure your guest operating system
so VMware Tools starts when you start your X server. The steps
for doing so vary depending on your Linux distribution and your
desktop environment. Check your operating system documentation
for the appropriate steps to take.
For example, in a Red Hat Linux 7.1 guest using GNOME, follow
these steps.
Open the Startup Programs panel in the GNOME Control Center.
Main Menu (click the foot icon in the lower left corner of the
screen) > Programs > Settings > Session > Startup Programs
Click Add.
In the Startup Command field, enter vmware-toolbox.
Click OK, click OK again, then close the GNOME Control Center.
The next time you start X, VMware Tools starts automatically.
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Uninstalling VMware Tools
If you need to remove VMware Tools from your Linux guest operating
system, log in as root (su -) and run the following command:
vmware-uninstall-tools.pl
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