Saturday, June 15, 2013

Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 12 Complete and Detailed Visual-Guide Tutorial

The Wow-Tutorial Show How-to Install the VMWare Tools for Linux Mint 12 32/64bit Desktop.

You need to know that the VMWare Tools Installed and Working will Grant you a More Pleasant Journey with Linux Mint 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.

Comprehends All the Screen-shots taken during Installation that Show Every Single Step and Setup of the Process...

You need to know that the VMWare Tools Installed and Working will Grant you a More Pleasant Journey with Mint 12 on VMWare...

With the VMWare Tools Installed your Guest will Dispose Also of Shared Folders to Easy Exchanging Files with the Host System!

You Find Detailed VMWare Installation Troubleshooting Link 2 the Post Bottom.

Linux Mint on VMWare
  1. Start your Installation Selecting Virtual Machine >> Install VMWare Tools from VMWare Tool-bar

     

    Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 12 1 Normally you will need to Wait Until the Tools are Downloaded and then the Virtual CD is Mounted on...
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  3. Start the Installation Process

     

    Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 12 2
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  5. On Linux Mint Desktop -> Double Click on "VMWare Tools"

     

    Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 12 3
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  7. Double Click on the "VMWare Tools" Archive to Extract it

     

    Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 12 5
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  9. Select Desktop as Location and Click on Extract

     

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  11. The Content is Extracted to the Desktop

     

    Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 12 7
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  13. Open a Terminal Window
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  15. Download & Apply Patch:

    VMWare-Tools Patch
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  17. Install some Prerequisite Stuff

    Login as SuperUser

    su
    Install Needed Packages
    apt-get install make gcc
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  19. VMWare Tools Installation:
    • Access the Target Directory
      cd /<path/To/Desktop>/vmware*
    • Execute Installation Script
      ./vmware-install.pl
      Follow to Accept All the Default Proposed Settings...
    This is the Sign of Success! :)

     

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

    How-to Install the VMWare Tools on Linux Distros