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====Install VMWare Tools====
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==Install Open VM Tools on Debian 9==

Add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file.\\
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib \\
Run the commands: \\
$ sudo apt-get update \\
$ 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:
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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 \\

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