How to Install VMWare Tools in Ubuntu

VMware Tools is compatible with the new Ubuntu and here is a quick guide on how to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu.

First attach the ISO image containing VMware Tools to the virtual machine. Then open a terminal window and execute the following commands:

sudo apt-get update  && apt-get upgrade

sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

cp /media/cdrom/VMware*.tar.gz /tmp

sudo umount /media/cdrom

cd /tmp

tar xzvf VMware*.gz

cd vmware-tools-distrib/

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

When the installation scripts promps for answers, just hit Enter since defaults are OK.

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