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Installing and Configuring Linux Guest Operating Systems
7InanXterminal,asroot(su -),runthefollowingfiletoconfigureVMwareTools:
vmware-config-tools.pl
8Whendone,exitfromtherootaccount:
exit
9InanXterminal,opentheVMwareToolsPropertiesdialogbox:
vmware-toolbox &
To install or upgrade VMware Tools on a Linux guest with the tar installer or RPM installer
Forenhancedperformance,youshouldinstallVMwareToolsevenifyouarenotrunningtheXWindow
System.
1Openaconsoletothevirtualmachine.
2Poweronthevirtualmachine.
3Aftertheguestoperatingsystemstarts,right‐clickthevirtualmachineandselectInstall/Upgrade
VMwareTools.Theremainingstepstakeplace
insidethevirtualmachine.
4Asroot(su -),mounttheVMwareToolsvirtualCD‐ROMimageandchangetoaworkingdirectory(for
example,/tmp),asfollows.
SomeLinuxdistributionsusedifferentdevicenamesororganizethe/devdirectorydifferently.Modify
thefollowingcommandstoreflecttheconventionsusedbyyour
distribution:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /tmp
5UncompresstheinstallerandunmounttheCD‐ROMimage.
DependingonwhetheryouareusingthetarinstallerortheRPMinstaller,dooneofthefollowing:
Forthetarinstaller,atthecommandprompt,enter:
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-<xxxxx>.tar.gz
umount /dev/cdrom
Where<xxxxx>isthebuildnumberoftheESXrelease.Forexample,buildnumber82663forESX3.5
Update1.
FortheRPMinstaller,atthecommandprompt,enter:
rpm -Uhv /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-<xxxxx>.i386.rpm
umount /dev/cdrom
Where<xxxxx>isthebuildnumberoftheESXrelease.Forexample,buildnumber82663forESX3.5
Update1.
6DependingonwhetheryouareusingthetarinstallerortheRPMinstaller,dooneofthefollowing:
Forthetarinstaller,runtheVMw areToolstarinstaller:
cd vmware-tools-distrib
NOTESomeLinuxdistributionsautomaticallymountCD‐ROMs.Ifyourdistributionuses
auto‐mounting,donotusethemountandumountcommandsdescribedinthisprocedure.Forexample,
yourCD‐ROMmayalreadybemountedto/mnt/cdromor/media.However,youstillmustuntarthe
VMwareToolsinstallerto/tmp.
N
OTEIfyouhaveapreviousinstallation,deletethepreviousvmware-tools-distribdirectorybefore
installing.Thedefaultlocationofthisdirectoryis:
/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
N
OTEIfyouattempttoinstallanRPMinstallationoveratarinstallation—orthereverse—theinstaller
detectsthepreviousinstallationandmustconverttheinstallerdatabaseformatbeforecontinuing.
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