You need to install the tools as "root". During the install process of
Fedora, you needed to enter a "root" password. So, to install:
-In terminal, navigate into vmware-tools-dist as you did before.
-type in the following: su
-Press return
-you will be prompted for the password, enter the root password
at this prompt
-you will then be logged in the terminal session as root
then you can enter ./vmware-install.pl
-you can accept all the defaults when prompted and all should be
well.
-Then close the terminal session.
-Next, logout and log back in again or reboot for changes to take effect.
I usually reboot just to make sure everything is reloaded properly.
Now, if you don't remember your root password, your basically hosed since
you need that to even to create sudoers.
