To make VMware tools install you need to:
- Virtual Machine->Install VMware Tools (that's the easy part)
- apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- mount /cdrom
- cd /cdrom
- cp VMwareTools*.tar.gz /tmp
- cd /tmp
- tar xzf VMwareTools*
- cd vmware-tools-distrib
- ./vmware-install.pl
- Press enter for everything until it won't go any further because it wants the real location of your kernel headers. Give it '/lib/modules/2.6.24-16-server/build/include' and then keep pressing enter again until you get back to your prompt.
Update: Added extraction steps.
Update: The same process works for Debian 4.0 (etch)
8 comments:
Keeps asking if I am root. How do I execute as root user?
Keeps asking if I am root. How do I execute as root user?
Sorry about that last post. I figured it out...
Thanks a bunch this worked great for me.
Thanks.
it keeps telling me that vmwaretools*.tar.gz doesnt exist. I have done the previous steps
Good post Sam,
You may want to change the apt-get line to read:
apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) instead so as the kernel and headers move forward your article doesn't fall out of scope.
Rich
D-Rok...
It's case sensitive... it's VMwareTools*.tar.gz
Rich
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