Install VMWare Tools on Debian 4.0

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LaagsteHoogste 

Geschreven door Administrator | 13 januari 2009

Howto install VMWare Tools on Debian 4.0

This guide will explain to you how to install the VMWare 2 tools on a Debian Linux Virtual Machine.

Let VMWare mount the CD Image

1. In VMWare click "Install VMware Tools" on the appropriate VMWare Machine

Install the development tools in Debian to compile the Kernel Modules

1. Run the following command:
   apt-get update
   apt-get install autoconf automake binutils cpp gcc linux-headers-$(uname -r) make psmisc

Install the VMWare tools

1. Mount the virtual CD-ROM with VMWare tools
   mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom
2. Create the /install folder and copy the files to it
   mkdir /install
   cp /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-*.tar.gz /install
   cd /install
3. Extract all files
   tar xvfz VMwareTools-*.tar.gz
4. Start the installer
   cd vmware-tools-distrib/
   ./vmware-install.pl
5. Uninstall network driver and install the VMNet network driver
   /etc/init.d/networking stop
   rmmod pcnet32
   rmmod vmxnet
   modprobe vmxnet
   net start
6. Restart Network services
   /etc/init.d/networking start
7. Manually start the VMWare tools or Reboot your machine. To manually start the tools, issue the following command:
   vmware-toolbox &

When the VMWare tools are started you'll notice a better performace on you virtual machine, please repeat the above steps if you update VMWare on you server. If you have any questions or comments on this article, please contact me!