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This will save you from pressing Enter for the ten or so questions asked.ĭuring the installation, you will see a message that tells you that VMware shared folders will now work. Start the installation of VMware Tools with the default options (thanks to the "-d" param). Go into the "vmware-tools-distrib" folder of the uncompressed file. Tar xzvf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-10.3. -C /tmp/ Uncompress the file "VMwareTools-xx.x." in the temporary directory of your Linux distribution.

Manifest.txt VMwareTools-10.3. vmware-tools-upgrader-64 List the files of this virtual CD by typing this command : Mount the virtual CD on the "/mnt/cdrom" mount point. Then, open a terminal and type these commands.
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To begin, insert the VMware Tools virtual CD through the "VM -> Install VMware Tools" menu of VMware Workstation. To install this driver, you will need the classic virtual CD of VMware Tools.
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So, installing VMware Tools in the Linux guest OS is no longer necessary in this case.Īs stated on the VMware site, if you want to use this feature, you will need the vmhgfs driver which is not included by default in Linux distributions and in the "open-vm-tools" and "open-vm-tools-desktop" packages. However, support for VMware shared folders is now supported by these Linux packages since this new version of VMware Workstation.
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Update : since version 16 of VMware Workstation, the "VM -> Reinstall VMware Tools" option is grayed out after installing the "open-vm-tools" and "open-vm-tools-desktop" packages. With these 2 packages installed in seconds, you'll be able to use almost all the features offered by standard VMware Tools with one exception : VMware file sharing support (available in the virtual machine settings). Installing VMware Tools to support VMware shared folders automatic resizing of the guest OS according to the size of the window on the host PCĪpt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop 2.Note that installing the "open-vm-tools" package only will not allow you to benefit from all the features of the classic VMware Tools.Īs stated in the official VMware documentation, you will also need to install the "open-vm-tools-desktop" package if you want to take advantage of these features : Then, install the "open-vm-tools" package. Indeed, all you have to do is obtain root rights with the "su" command.

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This makes installing your virtual machine drivers very easy. If you look at the VMware site, you will see that VMware recommends installing the package available for most Linux distributions. Installing packages : open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop

Installing VMware Tools to support VMware shared foldersġ.Installing packages : open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop.Tutorial tested on Debian and Ubuntu 18.04. Nevertheless, on Linux, this is often complicated because you will have to go through the command line. When you want to install VMware Tools on a Windows virtual machine or a Windows Server virtual server with GUI, installing VMware Tools is very easy.
