How to install VMware Tools in Linux operating system
This article is to share with you about how to install VMware Tools in the Linux operating system, the editor thinks it is very practical, so I share it with you to learn. I hope you can get something after reading this article.
VMware Tools contains a series of services and modules that implement a variety of functions in VMware products, enabling users to better manage and seamlessly interact with the client operating system.
System environment
Centos7.7
Centos8.0
Fedora31
Ubuntu18.04
Install VMware Tools online
The easiest way to do this in Centos7,Centos8,Fedora31,Ubuntu is to install open-vm-tools from the network repository. Open VM Tools is an open source implementation of the VMware tool for the Linux guest operating system. Open-vm-tools is divided into two packages, one for non-graphical interfaces and the other for tools with graphical interfaces.
Install open-vm-tools on Fedora31/Centos7/Centos8
# installation without graphical interface this package [root@localhost] # yum-y install open-vm-tools# installation with graphical interface this package [root@localhost ~] # yum-y install open-vm-tools-desktop
Install open-vm-tools on Ubuntu18.04
# installation without a graphical interface this package bob@ubuntu-18-04virtual $sudo apt install open-vm-tools# installation with a graphical interface this package bob@ubuntu-18-04virtual $sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop
Mount the ISO file and install VMware Tools
Open VMware Workstation, open the virtual machine that needs to install VMware Tools, right-click the tab above, and click "install VMware Tools (T) …"
Install VMware Tools on Fedora31/Centos7/Centos8
# Mount the CD drive to the / mnt directory [root@localhost ~] # mount / dev/sr0 / mnt# extract the file to the home directory [root@localhost ~] # tar-zxvf / mnt/VMwareTools-10.3.10-12406962.tar.gz-C ~ [root@localhost ~] # cd vmware-tools-distrib/ [root@localhost vmware-tools-distrib] #. / vmware-install.pl-f-d
. / vmware-install.pl parameter explanation:
-d: automatically answer questions and suggested answers.
-f: force installation
After the installation is complete, uninstall, eject the virtual CD, and restart the operating system
[root@localhost ~] # umount / mnt [root@localhost ~] # eject [root@localhost ~] # reboot
Install VMware Tools on Ubuntu18.04
# Mount the CD drive to the / mnt directory bob@ubuntu-18-04sudo mount / dev/sr0 / mnt# extract the file to the home directory bob@ubuntu-18-04sudo mount / bob@ubuntu-18-$tar-zxvf / mnt/VMwareTools-10.3.10-12406962.tar.gz-C ~ bob@ubuntu-18-04Vmwaretooling directory b$ sudo. / vmware-install.pl-f-d
After the installation is complete, uninstall, eject the virtual CD, and restart the operating system
Bob@ubuntu-18-04 mntbob@ubuntu-18$ sudo umount / mntbob@ubuntu-18-04 mntbob@ubuntu-18$ ejectbob@ubuntu-18-04 sudo reboot
VMware Tools will optimize the Guest operating system for better performance and enhanced availability.
The above is how to install VMware Tools in the Linux operating system. The editor believes that there are some knowledge points that we may see or use in our daily work. I hope you can learn more from this article. For more details, please follow the industry information channel.
