vmware tools install in Ubuntu v7

[mikeh2]

I am trying to install VMware tools into a newly created Ubuntu 7 VM.

The VMware documentation says to double click the RPM file, but this fails with an error from the Archive Manager.

The instructions for installing from the VMwareTools-1.0.2-39867.tar.gz file are not complete enough for me. I have a basic understanding of Linux but the VMware doc on this assumes more Linux familiarity than I have.

I am running VMware Server and it has no doc on this at all in the help file.

I'm willing to install it any way I can ...

[KevinG]

I believe the instructions for installing the VMware Tools form the tar package are very clear.

Select "VM" - > "Install VMware Tools.

If your Linux distribution does not auto mount the VMware Tools ISO image in the virtual CD-ROM drive to may have to manually mount the ISO in the CD-ROM.

You copy & extract the tar package to your /tmp or some other empty directory and

cd vmware-tools-distrib

./vmware-install.pl

[mikeh2]

To me, the instructions are incomplete. Ubuntu 7 does auto-mount the virtual CD image for VMware Tools. But the instructions for the next step:

"copy & extract the tar package to your /tmp or some other empty directory"

assume the reader knows how to deal with tar files and knows where to find the default /tmp folder. I'm installing a Linux distro to learn more about Linux, but these instructions assume the reader is already familiar with it.

And again, the RPM version failed immediately with an Archive manager error about not supporting the file type.

Michael

[osde_info]

Click install vmtools

Run a terminal

$ sudo -i

\# aptitude install build-essential

\# tar zxvf /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-1.0.2-39867.tar.gz

\# cd vmware-tools-distrib/

\# ./vmware-install.pl

\# reboot

I get a number of compile errors but it almost works !

[RDPetruska]

But the instructions for the next step:

"copy & extract the tar package to your /tmp or some other empty directory"

Umm... The step-by-step commands in the user manual list EXACTLY the command you need to enter to perform the above step. Not sure how much more exact/detailed you'd like them to be??

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_newguest_tools_linux.html

[osde_info]

thats good and so is this !

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_newguest_tools_linux.html#wp1127177

it's a shame vmware don't mention that on debian/ed/x/ubuntu guests you need build essential and linux headers have a look at the ubuntu wiki if you still need help

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Server

and when will they fix vmware tools so they work on ed/x/ubuntu 7.04 without the secret patch ?

[Karti]

I think the issue here is that the question relates to Ubuntu. This being the case you need to be aware that the rpm package is not designed for Ubuntu, they should use the .tar.

Remember that Ubuntu is Debian based and uses .deb whereas rpm - RedHat package manager should be used by Red Hat variant distro's.

I have been playing about with Linux for a few years and have decided on Kubuntu as my choice for learning, and I felt that the instructions on the install are very good from a beginners point of view.

Please feel free to ask or email if you are still having dificulty.

K

[HammerNJ]

Hi Karti:

I'm trying to install VMWare Tools in Ubuntu Server 7.0.4 running as a Guest OS on VMWare Workstation 6.02. I'm able to mount the CD ROM, copy and untar the VMWare Tools tarball so it creates the proper directory (vmware-tools-distrib/) under /tmp. But when I try to run ./vmware-install.pl (as root), I get an error message like this:

"The following VMWare Kernel modules have been found on your system that were not installed by the VMWare Installer. Please remove them and run this installer again:

vmmemctl

vmxnet

vmdesched"

How do I remove these modules? Or is this a symptom of some required Debian package that I don't have?

Appreciate the help, regards, HammerNJ