I just tried to install Vmware-Tools with no success. Has anyone tried using synaptic?
Or....can anyone give me some quick tips?
Any help would be appreciated.
sasdthoh
You have to install Vmware manually.
Within the installer is a configure script that allows you to compile the necessary kernel module.
I think the script is called ./configure_vmware
Well I think it is important that you install VMware Tools in the guest operating system.With the VMware Tools SVGA driver installed, Workstation supports significantly faster graphics performance.The VMware Tools package provides support required for shared folders and for drag and drop operations.
Other tools in the package support synchronization of time in the guest operating system with time on the host, automatic grabbing and releasing of the mouse cursor, copying and pasting between guest and host, and improved mouse performance in some guest operating systems.
Start by setting the ISO image containing VMware Tools to the virtual machine. Then open a terminal window and run the following commands: sudo apt-get update apt-get update sudo mount / dev / cdrom / media / cdrom
cp / media / cdrom / VMware *. tar.gz / tmp
sudo umount / media
cd / cdrom / tmp tar xzvf VMware *. gz cd
vmware-tools-broken-sudo. / VMware-install.pl
When the installation scripts to respond promptly, just press Enter when the defects are OK.
The absolute easiest way is, first, head into the Synaptic package manager and make sure that the "Multiverse" repository is enabled. Then head to a terminal and type:
Code:
sudo apt-get install open-vm-source open-vm-toolbox open-vm-tools
These packages are the open sourced version of VMWare's VM tools. I've been using them for all my Ubuntu installs and they work beautifully.
Your other option is to install them from VMWare's included tarball with the instructions located at this link. The only major difference is there is no need to make the /media/cdrom directory or run the mount command; you can just double click the CD that appears on your desktop and the copy the tar.gz file in there to your desktop.