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This article mainly explains the "steps to install VMware Tools under Linux". The content in the article is simple and clear, and it is easy to learn and understand. Please follow the editor's train of thought to study and learn "the steps to install VMware Tools under Linux".

To install VMware Tools:

1. If you are in a graphical interface, press CTRL + ALT + F1 to enter the text interface of Linux.

If you installed Linux in Linux text mode in the first place, you don't need this step.

two。 Enter Linux as root.

3. Press CTRL + ALT to enter the main operating system and click the install virtual machine tools submenu under the virtual menu. Menu: VM- > Install VMware tools.... (virtual machine-> install VMware Tools...)

4. Click the "Install" button in the pop-up dialog box to confirm the installation of VMware Tools.

5. Click on the Linux interface to enter Linux.

6. Use the following command to mount the optical drive device, paying attention to case.

(if there is no corresponding directory under / mnt, you can create it through the mkdir command)

Mount-t iso9660 / dev/cdrom / mnt/cdrom

7.cd / mnt/cdrom

Enter the / mnt/cdrom folder

8.ls

Use the following command to display the contents of the folder.

You will find two files:

VMwareTools-6.0.3-80004.i386.rpm and VMwareTools-6.0.3-80004.tar.gz

This is VMware Tools's Linux package. (where 6.0.3-80004 is the version number, which may be different)

9. Rpm-ivh VMwareTools-6.0.3-80004.i386.rpm

Run the rpm package directly using the following command.

Preparing... # # [100%] 1:VmwareTools # # [100%]

You will see the progress of the installation:

10. Cd / usr/bin

Use the following command to enter the / usr/bin directory.

11. Ls * .pl

Use the following command to find the vmware-config-tools.pl file.

12.. / vmware-config-tools.pl

Run the vmware-config-tools.pl file.

13. Set the resolution

14. After installation, you can set up a shared folder on the host. Click the menu:

[vm]-> [setting]-> [Options]-> [Share Folders], then click the Add button on the right to select the host directory

15. Enter "/ mnt/hgfs" in Linux and you can see the shared directory.

16. Then you can install the software you want.

Thank you for your reading, the above is the content of "the steps to install VMware Tools under Linux". After the study of this article, I believe you have a deeper understanding of the steps of installing VMware Tools under Linux, and the specific use needs to be verified in practice. Here is, the editor will push for you more related knowledge points of the article, welcome to follow!

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