Specifications

Installing and Configuring Linux Guest Operating Systems

7InanXterminal,asroot(su -),runthefollowingfiletoconfigureVMwareTools:

vmware-config-tools.pl

8Whendone,exitfromtherootaccount:

exit

9InanXterminal,opentheVMwareToolsPropertiesdialogbox:

vmware-toolbox &

To install or upgrade VMware Tools on a Linux guest with the tar installer or RPM installer

Forenhancedperformance,youshouldinstallVMwareToolsevenifyouarenotrunningtheXWindow

System.

1Openaconsoletothevirtualmachine.

2Poweronthevirtualmachine.

3Aftertheguestoperatingsystemstarts,right‐clickthevirtualmachineandselectInstall/Upgrade

VMwareTools.Theremainingstepstakeplace

insidethevirtualmachine.

4Asroot(su -),mounttheVMwareToolsvirtualCD‐ROMimageandchangetoaworkingdirectory(for

example,/tmp),asfollows.

SomeLinuxdistributionsusedifferentdevicenamesororganizethe/devdirectorydifferently.Modify

thefollowingcommandstoreflecttheconventionsusedbyyour

distribution:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

cd /tmp

5UncompresstheinstallerandunmounttheCD‐ROMimage.

DependingonwhetheryouareusingthetarinstallerortheRPMinstaller,dooneofthefollowing:

 Forthetarinstaller,atthecommandprompt,enter:

tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-<xxxxx>.tar.gz

umount /dev/cdrom

Where<xxxxx>isthebuildnumberoftheESXrelease.Forexample,buildnumber82663forESX3.5

Update1.

 FortheRPMinstaller,atthecommandprompt,enter:

rpm -Uhv /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-<xxxxx>.i386.rpm

umount /dev/cdrom

Where<xxxxx>isthebuildnumberoftheESXrelease.Forexample,buildnumber82663forESX3.5

Update1.

6DependingonwhetheryouareusingthetarinstallerortheRPMinstaller,dooneofthefollowing:

 Forthetarinstaller,runtheVMw areToolstarinstaller:

cd vmware-tools-distrib

NOTESomeLinuxdistributionsautomaticallymountCD‐ROMs.Ifyourdistributionuses

auto‐mounting,donotusethemountandumountcommandsdescribedinthisprocedure.Forexample,

yourCD‐ROMmayalreadybemountedto/mnt/cdromor/media.However,youstillmustuntarthe

VMwareToolsinstallerto/tmp.

OTEIfyouhaveapreviousinstallation,deletethepreviousvmware-tools-distribdirectorybefore

installing.Thedefaultlocationofthisdirectoryis:

/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib

OTEIfyouattempttoinstallanRPMinstallationoveratarinstallation—orthereverse—theinstaller

detectsthepreviousinstallationandmustconverttheinstallerdatabaseformatbeforecontinuing.