VMware Tools

    Published: 2023-08-23
    Updated: 2023-11-08

    Install from Repo 🔗

    Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 (2022-12-02)

    When trying the other instructions I got a message prompt encouraging me to use the package for my OS. Which I did and it seems to have worked without issue (The message in the browser saying VMTools is not installed went away). Only required one command as below.

    sudo apt install open-vm-tools

    Install From VMWare CD 🔗

    Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 (2022-09-20)

    Source: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1022525

    NB: Main thing reason for creating documentation was to note that the error message Segmentation Fault (core dumped) is normal, and it should be ignored.

    Mount CD Image 🔗

    Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools

    Extract installation files 🔗

    • Navigate to the CD
    • Copy the file similar to VMwareTools.x.x.x-xxxx.tar.gz to the desktop
    • Extract the contents of the VMwareTools.x.x.x-xxxx.tar.gz file

    Run installation 🔗

    Navigate into the extracted folder vmware-tools-distrib and run the installer:

    sudo ./vmware-install.pl

    Take the defaults and ignore the error message about the Segmentation Fault (core dumped) it takes a while but the installation continues.