Installing VMWare Tools under Ubuntu


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Hi all,

I have been having a play with Ubuntu and like it very much. I have found some knowledge on running Ubuntu under VMWare but due to my lack of Linux knowledge, I cannot seem to install the VMWare tools in Ubuntu.

I have tried Sudo to get root access and install the tools, but nothing seemed to happen. Bottom left of the screen it says the tools are not installed still.

Please forgive my noobness, but would someone very much mind posting a noob step by step instruction on how to do this. I get the feeling this has probably been asked before.

Any help is greatly appriciated. PS I am enjoying the command line again, takes me back to my dos days :-)

Cheers,

choppingman

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What is the Guest OS that you're installing the Tools for? The Tools are Guest independent. I've only installed the Tools for Netware myself, and there is a Server VM Administration Guide on their website. I'll find link for you.

Here -->Tools Install

Here are several other guides you might look at such as the Guest OS Admin --> http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/server_pubs.html

Edited by farmeunit

Hi there,

I should have explained myself clearer. I am running Host OS Windows XP pro and the guest OS in VMware is Ubuntu. Followed those links and still could not get VmWare Tools to go for me. I was logged in as root and can mount the VMware tools onto the desktop.

Again, please excuse my noobness to Linux.

Thanks for the reply.

I'm not expert on it either, just trying to help. I was just making sure on OS. Anyway, did you use page 50 of that link I posted? I've got VMWare running on SUSE SLES10, with Ubuntu Server, and Netware 6.5. I haven't tried installing the VMTools in Ubuntu yet, but I will work on it tomorrow at work and see if I can come up with an answer for you. Which version of Ubuntu are you running?

Maybe this link will help http://www.abbeyworkshop.com/2006/06/04/ub...re-install.html

or maybe -->Click Here.. Just scroll down a few posts for that one.

I don't know the exact steps you are taking to install the tools, but here is what I did. I'm using vmware server btw. Turn on your Ubuntu vm.

***Do this before installing the vmware tools (at least I'm pretty sure you have to...): Open a terminal. $ sudo apt-get install build-essential.***

Now go to the "VM" menu then click on "Install VMWare Tools..." A cd should be mounted on your desktop. Open it up and copy the *.tar.gz to your desktop. Extract it to the desktop. Open up a terminal and go to that folder. ( $ cd ~/Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib <-----or whatever the folder is called) Do a $ sudo ./vmware-install.pl .If you used the defaults while setting up VMWare, you should just hit enter at each prompt. Everything should be installed, however I don't know if it's running when you reboot the ubuntu vm.

  choppingman said:

I have been having a play with Ubuntu and like it very much. I have found some knowledge on running Ubuntu under VMWare but due to my lack of Linux knowledge, I cannot seem to install the VMWare tools in Ubuntu.

Press VM -> Install VMware tools...

Go to mounted CD, copy VMwareTools-*.*.*-*.tar.gz into Ubuntu desktop (or anywhere else) -> extract it

Start the Terminal, change folder to the extracted one, and then type: sudo ./vmware-install.pl

Follow the instrunctions

It took me an hour to understand this ;)

Apparently you already installed it on there, according to the message. (However I am not sure if vmware player is installed on your ubuntu, which might be why you are getting the message, if you are totally sure that you haven't completed an installation of it)

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