you can install VMware tools in Linux Guest OS by following method.
1. Power on the virtual machine.
2. After guest operating system has started, prepare your virtual machine to install
VMware Tools.
From Virtual Machine Menu à Select Install VMware Tools.
3. As root (su -), mount VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image in Guest OS, change
to a working directory (for example, /tmp), uncompress the installer, then unmount the CD-ROM image.
Note: Some Linux distributions automatically mount CD-ROMs. If your distribution uses automounting, do not use the mount and umount commands below. You still must untar the VMware Tools installer to /tmp.
Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize the /dev directory differently. If your CD-ROM drive is not /dev/cdrom or if the mount point for a CD-ROM is not /mnt/cdrom, you must modify the following commands to reflect the conventions used by your distribution.
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /tmp
Note: If you have a previous installation, delete previous vmware-distrib directory before installing. The default location of this directory is
/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib.
4. Untar VMware Tools tar file:
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-1.x-<xxxx>.tar.gz
umount /dev/cdrom
Replace <xxxx> with build/revision number of VMware Fusion
Note: If you attempt to install a tar installation over an rpm installation - or vice versa - the installer detects previous installation and must convert the installer database format before continuing.
5. Run VMware Tools tar installer:
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
Respond to the configuration questions on the screen. Press Enter to accept the
default value.
6. Log off from root account.
exit
7. Start X and your graphical environment.
8. In an X terminal, launch VMware Tools background application.
vmware-toolbox &
Note: You may run VMware Tools bylogging in either to root or as a normal user. To shrink virtual disks, you must run VMware Tools as root (su -).
Uninstalling VMware Tools
To remove VMware Tools from your Linux guest operating system, log on as root (su -) and enter the following command:
From a tar install
vmware-uninstall-tools.pl
From an RPM install
rpm -e VMwareTools
