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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Products

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: Install VMware Tools (1014294)


Environment

VMware ESXi 4.0.x Installable
VMware ESX 4.0.x
VMware ESX Server 3.5.x
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Embedded
VMware ESXi 3.5.x Installable
VMware ESX Server 3.0.x
VMware ESXi 3.5.x Embedded

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Notes:
To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using RPM:
  1. Ensure that your Linux virtual machine is powered on.
  2. If you are 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. To create a mount point, run this command:

    mkdir /mnt/cdrom
     
  5. To mount the CDROM, run this command:

    mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
     
To install VMware Tools using RPM, run this command:

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

Where version is the version of VMware Tools you want to install

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:   You can only perform the install as a root user or by using the sudo command.

Note:   If the contents are compressed,please extract the "VmwareTools-version.tgz".
 
  1. To configure VMware Tools for your 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.


Additional Information

For further related information on Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine, see the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide.

For information on OSPs, see VMware Operating System Specific Packages.
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