Friday, June 14, 2013

How-to Install VMWare-Tools on Linux Mint 15 Olivia Mate RC Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide

How-to Install the VMWare Tools for Linux Mint 15 Olivia Mate RC 32/64bit Desktop, the Step-by-Step Simple Complete Visual-Guide Tutorial.

At this Time the Repository for this Linux Release You Need to Manually Download the VMWare-Tools for Linux Mint 15 Olivia Mate RC because the Repository is still Unavailable.

You need to know that the VMWare Tools Installed and Working will Grant you a More Pleasant Journey with Linux Mint 15 Olivia on the VMWare Virtual Machine

With the VMWare Tools Installed you Can Custom Easy-Resizing the Screen Just Dragging and More your Guest will Dispose Also of Shared Folders to Easy Exchanging Files with the Host System!

Just Take the Time of Carefully Looking, Reading and Following the Detailed Instructions and Commands Contained in this Guide.

Linux Mint on VMWare
  1. Start the Process of Downloading and Mounting the VMWare Tools CD with:
    • VMWare Fusion

      Virtual Machine > Install VMWare Tools

    • VMWare Workstation

      VM > Install VMWare Tools

    May be you will need to Wait Until VMWare has Provided to Downloading and Mounting the VMWare Tools CD. If the Window with the VMWare Tools Do Not Appear you will Need to Manually Disconnect the CD/DVD in: Virtual Machines > CD/DVD(IDE) > Disconnect CD/DVD And just Re-Starting the VMWare Tools Installation...
  2. Double-Click on VMware-Tools tar.gz Archive
    Open VMware-Tools tar.gz Archive
  3. Extract VMware-Tools into /tmp
    Extract VMware-Tools tar.gz Archive
  4. Open a Terminal Window
    Linux Mint 14 Nadia Mate Open Terminal
  5. VMWare Tools Installation:
    • Access the Target Directory
      cd /tmp/vmware*
    • To Get Enabled the Shared Folders Apply this Patch:

      VMware-Tools Patch
    • Login as SuperUser
      su
    • Install Kernel Headers
      apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
    • Execute Installation Script
      ./vmware-install.pl
      Follow to Accept All the Default Proposed Settings...

      In Case you Got "not a valid path" for linux-headers Look:

      Solve Kernel-Headers Not Valid Path
    This is the Sign of Success! :)

     

    Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 12 10
  6. VMWare Tools Troubleshootings
  7. Finally to Enable VMWare Tools without Logout
    /usr/bin/vmware-user
  8. VMware-Tools Installation Guides for Other Linux Distros:

    How-to Install the VMWare Tools on Linux Distros

    How-to Install Linux Mint 15 Olivia Mate Steps on VMWare Fusion 5