VMware Tools installation and configuration tutorial for Ubuntu

Some time ago, the blogger installed the Ubuntu system on the VMware virtual machine. If you haven't installed it yet, you can refer to the blogger's previous article: Detailed process of VMware Ubuntu installation.

We all know that Linux is not easy to use. If you want to put files or installation packages on your host Windows into a virtual machine, VMware Tools is an indispensable tool.

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Below is the detailed process of VMware Tools installation.

1. Open the virtual machine VMware Workstation, start the Ubuntu system, menu bar - virtual machine - install VMware Tools. You cannot click the "Install VMware Tools" option without starting the Ubuntu system, as shown below:

2. If the following box pops up, click Yes:

3. At this point, you will find an additional VMware Tools item under Virtual Machine Devices. Click it, and there is a VMwareTools…tar.gz file in it:

4. Next, we extract the VMwareTools...tar.gz file to a directory, as shown below. The blogger extracted it to the myfile directory just created on the desktop:

5. After the extraction is complete, you will find a vmware-tools-distrib folder in the myfile on the desktop, which is what we will need for the installation later:

6. Now we use the shortcut keys Ctrl+Alt+T to start the command box, and then switch to the root user (the switch command is: sudo su, press Enter and you will be prompted to enter the password of the currently logged in user. After successful entry, you can enter the root user):

7. Then we enter the vmware-tools-distrib folder just extracted as the root user, and then enter the command: ./vmware-install.pl, and then press Enter, as shown below:

8. After the above operation, VMware Tools will be installed. Enter yes/no according to the prompts until Enjoy, – the VMware team appears as shown below, indicating that the installation is successful, and then manually restart the virtual machine:

9. After restarting the virtual machine, we found that the menu bar - Virtual Machine - Install VMware Tools has changed to the word "Reinstall", which also indicates that VMware Tools has been successfully installed:

10. After VMware Tools is installed, the virtual machine and the host can transfer files by "drag and drop":

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