Step by step Install VMWare-tools in Ubuntu server 12.04 for Guest
Today, In my project, I need shared an folder for ubuntu server that will setup platform to run my application, with MacOS that i’m going to write another code for this project. To do this i need to install VMWare Tools in Ubuntu server.
I'm will to share with you, steps by step install VMWare-tools in an ubuntu server with only command line.
Step1: Go to Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools (or VM > Install VMware Tools).
Note: If you are running the light version of Fusion, or a version of Workstation without VMware Tools, or VMware Player, you are prompted to download the Tools before they can be installed. Click Download Now to begin the download.
Step 2: In the Ubuntu guest, run these commands:
sudo mkdir /mnt/vmware-tools-install Note: This command for create an folder in /mnt/ folder.
sudo mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/vmware-tools-install Note: This command will mount file .iso that was downloaded in Step1.
tar xzvf /mnt/vmware-tools-install/VMwareTools-x.x.x-xxxx.tar.gz -C /tmp/ Note: x.x.x-xxxx is the version discovered in the previous step.
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d Note: The -d switch assumes that you want to accept the defaults. If you do not use -d, press Return to accept each default or supply your own answers.
Step 3: Reboot Ubuntu with command:
sudo init 6
Now, we could shared folder between MacOS and Ubuntu server and coding on this. ;)