在虚拟机Debian3.1上安装Vmware Tools

在虚拟机Debian3.1上安装Vmware Tools（英文版)


1. Install software needed by VMware Tools

（1）Install packages to build the kernel modules
apt-get install autoconf automake binutils make cpp cpp-3.3 gcc gcc-3.3 kernel-headers-$(uname -r)

（2）Find out where the kernel headers are (you may need this later)
ls -d /usr/src/kernel-headers-$(uname -r)*/include

2. Prepare and install VMware ToolsChoose one of a), b), c) or d).

a) If you are running the VM inside VMware Workstation 5.5

（1）From VMware Workstation: go to VM> Install VMware Tools
（2）From the VM: mount the virtual cd drive
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
（3）Extract VMware Tools to /tmp/
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz
（4）Unmount the virtual cd drive
umount /mnt
（5）Now run the installer
/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
（6）When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "Yes".

b) If you have VMware-workstation-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz on disk
（1）Make sure VMware-workstation-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz is on disk inside the VM.
（2）Extract the VMware Tools iso
tar --strip-components=3 -zxvf VMware-workstation-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz \
vmware-distrib/lib/isoimages/linux.iso
（3）Create a temporary mount point
mkdir /mnt/vmtools-temp
（4）Mount the iso image
mount -o loop linux.iso /mnt/vmtools-temp
（5）Copy VMware Tools from the mount
cp /mnt/vmtools-temp/VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz /tmp/
（6）Extract VMware Tools to /tmp/
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/vmtools-temp/VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz
（7）Tidy up
umount /mnt/vmtools-temp
rmdir /mnt/vmtools-temp
rm linux.iso
（8）Now run the installer
/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
（9）When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "Yes".

c) If you have VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz on disk

（1）Extract VMware Tools to /tmp/
tar -C /tmp -zxvf VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz
（2）Now run the installer
/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
（3）When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "Yes".