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To install VMware Tools in Ubuntu:
- Open a Terminal window.
- In the Terminal, run this command to navigate to the vmware-tools-distrib folder:
- Run this command to install VMware Tools:
- Enter your Ubuntu password.
- Restart the Ubuntu virtual machine after the VMware Tools installation completes.
How do I install VMware workstation on Linux?
In this tutorial, we perform the following steps:
- Install the VMware Workstation Player hypervisor.
- Download the latest Clear Linux OS installer ISO.
- Verify the integrity of the Clear Linux OS image.
- Decompress the Clear Linux OS image.
- Create and configure a new VM.
- Install Clear Linux OS into the new VM.
How install VMware 15 on Linux?
The commands and procedures used in this article describe the installation of VMware Workstation 15 on a Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system.
- Step 1: Download the official VMware binary package.
- Step 2: Install Build Essential to your system.
- Step 3: Launch the VMware Installer.
- Step 4: Launch the VMware Workstation.
How do I run VMware on ubuntu?
Installing Ubuntu in a VM on Windows
- Download the Ubuntu iso (desktop not server) and the free VMware Player.
- Install VMware Player and run it, you’ll see something like this:
- Select “Create a New Virtual Machine”
- Select “Installer disc image file” and browse to the Ubuntu iso you downloaded.
How do I install VMware tools on Linux?
To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using Compiler:
- Ensure that your Linux virtual machine is powered on.
- If you are running a GUI interface, open a command shell.
- Click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools.
- Click OK.
- To create a mount point, run:
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