The output of the above commands : /tmp/vmware- tools-distrib#. Press or hit Enter key couple of times to select the default options of these tools… Now change the directory to the directory extracted by the Vmware tools which is VMware-tools-distrib cd vmware-tools-distrib List the files and extract the VMware tools compress file ls Switch to the Temporary directory… cd /tmp

Here we are copying the VmwareTools to a temporary directory for the installation process. So, copy that one and paste with below command: Like in our case it was VMwareTools-10.3. and might be different while you are installing it. See the list of files mounted under the directory ls /mnt/cdromĬopy the VMwareTools compress file name and use with below copy command. Now, mount the Cdrom to above-created cdrom directory mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom To install this open the command terminal and follow the below-given commands:Ĭreate a directory cdrom to mount the Vmware tools disc mkdir /mnt/cdrom However, it is also the same for GUI based Linux operating systems too.Īs you can see in the below screenshot, the VMware Tools has been mounted and shown with CD-ROM icon on the screen. On Windows, the installation of Vmware Tools is super easy after downloading the Vmware player simply mount that under CD-Rom automatically from where the user can install it just like any other normal software. Click on that and then click on the Manage-> Install Vmware Tools option.Īs we click on the Install Vmware tools option, the Player automatically detects the system and download Vmware tool for Linux or Windows respectively. When the Virtual Machine booted completely then go to the Player option given in the VMware player menu. Step 3: Find the Install VMware Tools option It could Windows 10/8/7 or any Linux Distro. Second Method: Direct Download VMware tools Download and Install VMware Tools on Linux and Windows 10/8/7 Step 1: Run VMware Workstation playerįirst of all, open the VMware workstation payer where you have installed the Linux and Windows virtual machines.Īfter opening the VMware player, select the Virtual machine which you want to run and where you want to install the Vmware tools.

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