VMware Tools installation method

To install the VMware Tools

Click [virtual machine] [options] install VMware Tools, this time will be a disc icon appears on the Ubuntu desktop.

If you previously installed, and [virtual machine] [options should re-install VMware Tools].

If [reinstall VMware Tools] option is grayed, you need to click on the [virtual machine] option in the [Setup], click [Settings] in [CD / DVD (SATA)], the right side of the [connection] option select [] using the ISO image file, the installation folder in VMware Workstation linux.iso loaded in, OK. Then in the bottom right corner of VMware Workstation has a CD icon, right, [connection], then there will be a CD-ROM icon in the Ubuntu desktop, and then follow these steps to install.

Into the CD-ROM

cd /media/fymeng/VMware\ Tools/

start installation

Decompression

tar -zxvf VMwareTools-10.3.10-13959562.tar.gz -C /tmp/

Into the / tmp directory

cd /tmp/

There is a vmware-tools-distrib folder, enter

cd vmware-tools-distrib

Run the script vmware-install.pl

./vmware-install.pl

If you need administrator privileges to run, then

sudo ./vmware-install.pl