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- Shut down the VM.
- Take a snapshot of the VM in case it doesn't work. (VM | Snapshot | Take Snapshot)
- Edit the VM's settings in the VMware GUI to add a CD-ROM drive with default settings. (VM | Settings | Hardware | Add)
- Power on the VM and log in as root.
- Update the package cache:
- Install GCC and the kernel headers:
- Load the VMware Tools image into the CD-ROM drive. (VM | Install VMware Tools)
- Extract the VMware Tools installation onto the VM:
- Install the VMware Tools:
- Accept the default settings (just press Enter) for everything.
- Reboot the VM:
apt-get update apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
cd ~ mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom # this should pick out the file you need to install tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools*.tar.gz umount /mnt/cdrom
cd ~/vmware-tools-distrib./vmware-install.pl
reboot
- Tag page
- What links here
Thanks.
DekiWiki VM login is 'root', password is 'password'
At this point you'll see a line that starts out like this: "Linux dekiwiki 2.6.18-6-686 #1 SMP". This is the version number for the linux-headers you need to download.
Next, type 'apt-get update' at the command line and hit the enter key. Let the update finish.
Now you can start with the instructions above.
After running 'mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom' you can type in 'dir /mnt/cdrom' and
you'll see a listing of 2 files, one of which will look like the following, i.e. ending with .tar.gz
"VMwareTools-1.0.5-80187.tar.gz"
This is the name of the file you need to extract with the tar command.
You can go here for additional instructions:
http://pubs.vmware.com/server1/vm/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=vm&file=tools_server.4.3.html edited 04:06, 20 Jun 2008