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-Install Open VM Tools on Debian 9
+==Install Open VM Tools on Debian 9==
-Add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file.
+Add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file.\\
-deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib
+deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib \\
-Run the commands:
+Run the commands: \\
-$ sudo apt-get update
+$ sudo apt-get update \\
-$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
+$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools \\
+==install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system==
+Ensure that your Linux virtual machine is powered on.\\
+If you are running a GUI interface, open a command shell.\\
+Note: Log in as a root user, or use the sudo command to complete each of these steps.\\
+Click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools. \\
+Click OK.\\
+Note: In some cases, verify that the CDROM device is Connected from within the Edit Settings option of the virtual machine.\\
+To create a mount point, run:\\
+mkdir /mnt/cdrom\\
+To mount the CDROM, run:\\
+mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom\\
+To copy the Compiler gzip tar file to a temporary local directory, run:\\
+cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-version.tar.gz /tmp/ \\
+Where version is the VMware Tools package version.\\
+To determine the version of VMware tools, run:\\
+ls /mnt/cdrom\\
+You see output similar to:\\
+# VMwareTools-5.0.0-12124.tar.gz\\
+To change to the tmp directory and extract the contents of the tar file into a new directory called vmware-tools-distrib, run:\\
+cd /tmp\\
+tar -zxvf VMwareTools-version.tar.gz\\
+To change directory to vmware-tools-distrib and run the vmware-install.pl PERL script to install VMware Tools, run:\\
+cd vmware-tools-distrib\\
+./vmware-install.pl\\
+To start VMware Tools running in the background during an X Window session, run:\\
+/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox &\\
+Depending on your environment, you may need to unmount the CD-ROM. To unmount the CD-ROM, run:\\
+umount /mnt/cdrom\\
+Depending on your environment, you may need to manually end the VMware Tools installation. To end the VMware Tools install, click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > End VMware Tools Install.\\
+To remove VMware Tools installation packages, run:\\
+cd\\
+rm /tmp/VMwareTools-version.tar.gz\\
+rm -rf /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib\\
+**In Case you get an GCC error**
+In case you get an GCC error on your Debian system, do the following
+First execute this:
+sudo apt-get install gcc binutils make linux-source\\
+Then run again
+/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl\\
+This is all you need to do. Now your system has the gcc make and the linux kernel sources.
+**For DEBIAN systems do the following:
+**
+Install Open VM Tools\\
+Add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file.\\
+deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib \\
+Run the commands: \\
+$ sudo apt-get update \\
+$ sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools \\
+\\
+\\
+**[[vmware|BACK]]**