When you install VMware Tools on a virtual machine that does not have VMware Tools or open-vm-tools installed, the install script detects whether the OS supports open-vm-tools . open-vm-tools is available for these operating systems:
When you attempt to install open-vm-tools, you see the prompt:
open-vm-tools are available from the OS vendor and VMware recommends using open-vm-tools. See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2073803 for more information.
Do you still want to proceed with this legacy installer?
The default answer is no. If you attempt to perform a silent install and run the installer with –d or --default options, VMware Tools is not installed.