Detailed steps to install VMware Tools from scratch (graphic tutorial)

VMware Tools is a tool that comes with VMware virtual machines, which is equivalent to the enhanced features in VirtualBox (Sun VirtualBox Guest Additions). It is a driver provided by VMware to enhance the performance of virtual graphics cards and hard disks, and to synchronize the clocks of virtual machines and hosts. Its functions are not limited to this. We can use it to transfer files between virtual machines and physical machines, provided that we install it first. So how do you install VMware Tools?

1. Prepare tools

1. VMware Workstation Pro
2.rhel-server-6.3-x86_64-dvd.ios This is the image

2. Install and configure the virtual machine

Since I am using Red Hat version 6.3, I will use 6.3 to demonstrate to you.

1. Create a new virtual machine

2. Choose Custom Installation

3. Check the compatibility of your computer and then go to the next step

4. Select to install the operating system later, next

5. Choose the operating system, choose the one that matches your image

6. Modify the installation path and name

7. Set the processor according to your computer configuration

8. Set the memory according to your computer configuration

9. Select the one in the picture, then click next

10. Select the one in the picture, then click next

11. Select the one in the picture, then click next

12. Select the one in the picture, then click next

13. Here you need to divide it into individual files and set the virtual machine memory

14. Next Steps

15. Click Customize Hardware

16. Select the image file you want to install the system, and set the network adapter to NAT mode

17. Click Finish

18.

Start the virtual machine

19. Select the first one and press Enter

20. Select Skip and press Enter

21. Enter

22. Click Next

23. Choose a language based on your interests

24. Select Keyboard

25. Select the one in the picture, then click next

26. Select "Yes", next

27. You can set the host name yourself

28. Next Steps

29. Set login password

30. If the password is set too simple, this interface will appear, so click "Use it anyway"

31. Select the one in the picture, then click next

32. Click "Write changes to disk", next

33. Choose according to your needs here, I choose desktop. Then it was installed

34. It takes some time, please wait patiently

35. Click Reboot and the virtual machine will restart.

36. Moving Forward

37. Select "Agree" to proceed

38. Moving Forward

39. You can fill in your username and password here, or you can leave it blank.

40. If you do not fill in the form, a question will pop up asking whether to continue. We choose yes, so that when we enter the terminal of the virtual machine we will be the root user directly.

41. Moving Forward

42. Click Finish

43. Enter the username. Our username here is root

44. Enter your login password and click Login

45. Close this page

46. ​​This is to connect to the network. Just click to connect to the network

47. If the icon is as shown, you have successfully connected to the Internet.

48. Open the virtual machine where you need to install VMware Tools, click [Virtual Machine] -> [Install VMware Tools], and a prompt box as shown in the following figure will pop up

49. Copy

50. Click Computer – System Files – Home, then paste

51. Close the previous window, right-click, and select Open in Terminal

52. We enter the command cd /home and press Enter to view the files under home in ll. At this time, we can see VMware Tools under home

53. Enter the command tar zxf VMwareTools-10.1.15-6627299.tar.gz to decompress the file.

54. The difference between entering sudo ./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl and ./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl is that sudo is used when you are not a super user. ./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl is used by the super user, that is, the root user. The installation has started when you enter the command.

56. When the picture below appears, we just need to press Enter. This is also the last step

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