nixCraft is a one-person show, and many of you use Adblocker. 🥺 Was this helpful? Please add a comment to show your appreciation or feedback. Join the nixCraft community via RSS Feed or Email Newsletter. He wrote more than 7k+ posts and helped numerous readers to master IT topics. Vivek Gite is the founder of nixCraft, the oldest running blog about Linux and open source. How do I start / stop / restart vmware tools from vm itself? There is not need to reboot VM or anything as vmware-tools will be installed as service at /etc/init.d/vmware-tools. Now just follow on scree instructions and you should able to install tools. Now copy a file called VMwareTools*.tar.gz:

Your virual CD will be at /media/cdrom or /media/cdrom0 directory. Next, mount cdrom if it is not mouted, enter: $ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) Login to your Ubuntu Linux vm and make sure build-essential and kernel header is installed: VMware Workstation / server software will temporarily connect to the virtual machine’s first virtual CD-ROM drive to the ISO image file that contains the VMware Tools installer for your guest operating system and you are ready to begin the installation process. Step #3: Install tool from virtual CD-ROM You are not allowed to install vmware-tools using remote ssh session. WARNING! These examples should executed using vmware workstation or vmware console only.

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