Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
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Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)

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Article ID: 345290

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VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM).
 
Note: For an overview of installing VMware Tools, see: How to install VMware Tools

Resolution

To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using RPM:

  1. Ensure that the Linux virtual machine is powered on.
  2. If running a GUI interface, open a command shell.
  3. Click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools and click OK.
  4. Create a mount point:

    mkdir /mnt/cdrom
     
  5. To mount the CDROM:

    mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

To install VMware Tools using RPM

  1. Run the following command to install:

    rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-<version>.rpm

    Where <version> is the version of VMware Tools.

  2. To check the existing version of VMware Tools, use the cd command to go to the /mnt/cdrom/ directory and list the contents of the directory with the command ls.

    Note: Perform the install as a root user or by using the sudo command. If the contents are compressed, extract the "VmwareTools-version.tgz".
 
  1. To configure VMware Tools for the running kernel, run this command:

    /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
     
  2. To unmount the CDROM, run this command:

    umount /mnt/cdrom
     
  3. To end the VMware Tools install, click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > End VMware Tools Install.

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