How to install VMWare Tools for Linux Guests

To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using RPM:

1. Ensure that your Linux virtual machine is powered on.
2. If you are running a GUI interface, open a command shell.
3. Click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools and click OK.
4. To create a mount point, run:
   
   mkdir /mnt/cdrom
   
5. To mount the CDROM, run:
   
   mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
   
6. To install VMware Tools using RPM, run:
   
   rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-version.rpm
   
   Where <version> is the version of VMware Tools you want to install
   
   To check the existing version of VMware Tools, use the "cd" command to go to /mnt/cdrom/ directory and list the contents of the directory with the command # ls.
   Note:You can only perform the install as a root user or by using the sudo command.
   
7. To configure VMware Tools for your running kernel, run:
   
   /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
   
8. To unmount the CDROM, run:
   
   umount /mnt/cdrom
   
9. To end the VMware Tools install, click VM in the virtual machine menu, then clickGuest > End VMware Tools Install.

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