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6 In the CD/DVD-ROM directory, enter the following command to launch Parallels Tools

installation:

./install

7 Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions to complete the installation.

8 When the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart your virtual machine.

Installing Parallels Tools in other versions of Linux guest OSs

To install Parallels Tools in the older versions of Linux OSs, you have to mount the prl-

tools-lin.iso image file manually. Do the following:

1 Start the virtual machine.

2 When the guest OS boots up, click the Virtual Machine menu and choose Install Parallels

Tools.

Note: If the Install Parallels Tools option is grayed out, make sure that Parallels Tools can be

installed in your guest operating system. To see the list of guest OSs supported by Parallels

Tools, refer to the Parallels Tools Overview section (p. 73) in Parallels Desktop User's

Guide.

The prl-tools-lin.iso image file will be connected to the virtual machine's

CD/DVD-ROM drive.

3 Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS. Type the following command to gain the root

privileges:

4 Check if the Parallels Tools CD image is mounted by entering

mount | grep iso9660

If this command does not return anything, proceed to the next step.

If this command returns anything like

/dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,exec,nosuid,nodev,uid=0),

skip the next step and proceed to the following one.

If this command returns anything like

/dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=0)

with the noexec option present in parentheses, you need to unmount the disc using the

following command and then proceed to the next step:

umount /dev/cdrom

5 To mount the Parallels Tools installation disc image, enter the following:

mount -o exec /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

Note: /dev/cdrom is the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive and /media/cdrom is

the mount point for this device. In some of the Linux operating systems the virtual

CD/DVD-ROM drive may appear as /dev/hdb and the mount point /mnt/cdrom. Some

Linux OSs do not have the CD/DVD-ROM mount point. In this case, you should create the

mount point directory manually.

6 When the installation disc image is mounted, change the directory to the CD/DVD-ROM

directory using

cd /media/cdrom/

7 In the CD/DVD-ROM directory, enter the following to launch Parallels Tools installation:

./install