I have recently shifted to Linux operating system. Earlier, I was using the Windows operating system. I had installed VMware and its tools on it. How can I do the VMware Tools installation for Linux?
Steps For VMware Tools Installation In Linux
This solution provides steps to install VMware Tools in Linux based operating systems using a compiler.
- Power on your Linux virtual machine.
- Open the terminal or command shell.
- You need to log in as asudo user.
- Run the command mkdir/mnt/cdrom after inserting the VMware CD.
- Now copy the files to a local directory.
- Extract this file.
If you have a GUI interface, you can install as follows.
- Run the CD
- In the disk drive, click on VM. Then select the option to install/upgrade VMware Tools.
- Extract the zip file.