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Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) (1018392)

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This article provides steps to install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using Red Hat Package Manager (RPM).

Note: For an overview of installing VMware Tools, see: Install VMware Tools (1014294)

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If your Linux distribution is not RPM-based, has a custom kernel, or you are running ESX(i) 4.1/5.x in which RPM installer is no longer provided, see Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using Compiler (1018414)

The RPM installer for installing VMware Tools on Linux Virtual Machines on ESXi 4.1 and 5.x is no longer bundled with the hypervisor. For more information, see ESXi 4.x / 5.x does not include RPM format for VMware Tools (1024047).

To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using RPM:

Ensure that your Linux virtual machine is powered on.

If you are running a GUI interface, open a command shell.

Click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools and click OK.

To create a mount point, run this command:

mkdir /mnt/cdrom

To mount the CDROM, run this command:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

To install VMware Tools using RPM, run this command:

rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-version.rpm

Where version is the version of VMware Tools you want to install

To check the existing version of VMware Tools, use the cd command to go to the /mnt/cdrom/ directory and list the contents of the directory with the command # ls.

Note:   You can only perform the install as a root user or by using the sudo command.

Note:   If the contents are compressed,please extract the "VmwareTools-version.tgz".

To configure VMware Tools for your running kernel, run this command:

/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl

To unmount the CDROM, run this command:

umount /mnt/cdrom

To end the VMware Tools install, click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > End VMware Tools Install.

Related Information

For further related information on Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine, see the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide.

For information on OSPs, see VMware Operating System Specific Packages.

Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using a Compiler
ESXi 4.x / 5.x does not include RPM format for VMware Tools
Installing and upgrading VMware Tools in vSphere
Instalar VMware Tools en una máquina virtual Linux con Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
Como instalar o VMware Tools em uma máquina virtual Linux usando o Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
使用 Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) 在 Linux 虚拟机中安装 VMware Tools
Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) を使用する Linux 仮想マシンに VMware Tools をインストールする

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