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How to Install VMware Tools In Linux Mint 16 Guest Virtual Machine

Posted on  4/6/2014

There is nothing so fancy about installing vmware tools in linux distribution but on some friends demand here we go again . I am using vmware fusion to show you how to install for vmware workstation and vmware process it pretty same .

First install Linux Mint in virtual machine like another virtual machine installation .
Then click on

Steps :

1 . click on vm and choose install vmware tools . ( In fusion click on virtual machine then install vmware tools )

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Screen Shot 2014-04-06 at 11.09.08 pm

 

2 . It will mount vmware tools cdrom containing vmware tools package . ( its compress tar )

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Screen Shot 2014-04-06 at 11.13.39 pm

Okay Now open terminal .

3 . Now open that mounted CD-ROM ( Labeled “VMware Tools “) and copy VMwareTools-9.*.tar.gz file to desktop

4 . Double Click to open and choose extract and choose destination folder to desktop

Extract To desktop
Linux mint vmware tools

5 . Now open that extracted vmware-tools-distrib Folder

6 . Right click on that folder and choose Open in Terminal it will open terminal and cd into that folder

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Screen Shot 2014-04-06 at 11.15.34 pm

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Screen Shot 2014-04-06 at 11.16.48 pm

7 . Now type :

sudo perl vmware-install.pl 
*Enter Your Password *

hit enter to select  yes

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Screen Shot 2014-04-06 at 11.18.44 pm

After Installation reboot Virtual machine  . Now enjoy your virtual machine .


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