Before you begin, make sure the virtual machine is powered on and the guest operating
system is running.
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On the host, select
VM > Install VMware Tools.
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If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is
Update VMware Tools. If the current version is installed, the menu item is Reinstall VMware Tools.
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If your Linux distribution does not automatically mount CD-ROMs, mount the
VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image.
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If necessary, create the
/mnt/cdrom directory:
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Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize the
/dev directory differently. If your CD-ROM drive is not /dev/cdrom or if the mount point for a CD-ROM is not /mnt/cdrom, modify the command to reflect the conventions used by your distribution.
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The location of this directory depends on where you placed it during the previous
installation. Often it is placed in /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib.
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-
<x.x.x>-<yyyy>.tar.gz
The value
<x.x.x> is the product version number and <yyyy> is the build number of the product release.
If your Linux distribution automatically mounted the CD-ROM, you do not need
to unmount the image.
Respond to the questions the command-line wizard displays on the screen. Press
Enter to accept the default value. The configuration file, vmware-config-tools.pl, runs after the installer file finishes running.
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If you are updating VMware Tools, reboot the virtual machine or manually reload
the pvscsi, vmxnet, and vmxnet3 Linux kernel modules.
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