Windows – How to manually install VMware Tools

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I installed Ubuntu with VMware Player on my Windows 7 system.

For some reason VMware Player cannot get the Vmware Tools files from the Internet, possibly a connection problem due to firewall limitations. I want to get the VMware Tools files in a compressed format if possible, then manually install it. A few questions:

  1. Is there a link where I can download the VMware Tools files?
  2. To which folder should I uncompress the contents?
  3. How do I install it manually?

I'm using VMware Player on a Windows 7 system. As you know, Ubuntu runs on a virtual disk, and to copy files on this disk I guess I have to use VMware Tools – however I don't have it already! Any ideas?

Best Answer

Download them from VMware Tools Operating System Specific Packages.

Installation, from VMware Tools for Linux Guests :

su -
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
cd /tmp
tar zxf /mnt/vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz
umount /mnt
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
exit

In an X terminal, launch the VMware Tools background application:

vmware-toolbox &
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