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This article is to share with you about how to install VMware Tools in the Linux operating system, the editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it with you to learn. I hope you can get something after reading this article.

VMware Tools contains a series of services and modules that implement a variety of functions in VMware products, enabling users to better manage and seamlessly interact with the client operating system.

System environment

Centos7.7

Centos8.0

Fedora31

Ubuntu18.04

Install VMware Tools online

The easiest way to do this in Centos7,Centos8,Fedora31,Ubuntu is to install open-vm-tools from the network repository. Open VM Tools is an open source implementation of the VMware tool for the Linux guest operating system. Open-vm-tools is divided into two packages, one for non-graphical interfaces and the other for tools with graphical interfaces.

Install open-vm-tools on Fedora31/Centos7/Centos8

# installation without graphical interface this package [root@localhost] # yum-y install open-vm-tools# installation with graphical interface this package [root@localhost ~] # yum-y install open-vm-tools-desktop

Install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu18.04

# installation without a graphical interface this package bob@ubuntu-18-04virtual $sudo apt install open-vm-tools# installation with a graphical interface this package bob@ubuntu-18-04virtual $sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop

Mount the ISO file and install VMware Tools

Open VMware Workstation, open the virtual machine that needs to install VMware Tools, right-click the tab above, and click "install VMware Tools (T) …"

Install VMware Tools on Fedora31/Centos7/Centos8

# Mount the CD drive to the / mnt directory [root@localhost ~] # mount / dev/sr0 / mnt# extract the file to the home directory [root@localhost ~] # tar-zxvf / mnt/VMwareTools-10.3.10-12406962.tar.gz-C ~ [root@localhost ~] # cd vmware-tools-distrib/ [root@localhost vmware-tools-distrib] #. / vmware-install.pl-f-d

. / vmware-install.pl parameter explanation:

-d: automatically answer questions and suggested answers.

-f: force installation

After the installation is complete, uninstall, eject the virtual CD, and restart the operating system

[root@localhost ~] # umount / mnt [root@localhost ~] # eject [root@localhost ~] # reboot

Install VMware Tools on Ubuntu18.04

# Mount the CD drive to the / mnt directory bob@ubuntu-18-04sudo mount / dev/sr0 / mnt# extract the file to the home directory bob@ubuntu-18-04sudo mount / bob@ubuntu-18-$tar-zxvf / mnt/VMwareTools-10.3.10-12406962.tar.gz-C ~ bob@ubuntu-18-04Vmwaretooling directory b$ sudo. / vmware-install.pl-f-d

After the installation is complete, uninstall, eject the virtual CD, and restart the operating system

Bob@ubuntu-18-04 mntbob@ubuntu-18$ sudo umount / mntbob@ubuntu-18-04 mntbob@ubuntu-18$ ejectbob@ubuntu-18-04 sudo reboot

VMware Tools will optimize the Guest operating system for better performance and enhanced availability.

The above is how to install VMware Tools in the Linux operating system. The editor believes that there are some knowledge points that we may see or use in our daily work. I hope you can learn more from this article. For more details, please follow the industry information channel.

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