CentOS安装VMware Tools

CentOS虚拟机中安装VMware Tools
1、拷贝文件到/tmp目录下

# cp /media/VMware\ Tools/VMwareTools-9.6.0-1294478.tar.gz /tmp/

2、文件解包

# cd /tmp/

# tar -zxvf VMwareTools-9.6.0-1294478.tar.gz

# ls

..

3、开始安装

# cd vmware-tools-distrib/

# ./vmware-install.pl

Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using the tar4 format.

Installing VMware Tools.

In which directory do you want to install the binary files? 

[/usr/bin] 

What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? 

[/etc/rc.d] 

What is the directory that contains the init scripts? 

[/etc/rc.d/init.d] 

In which directory do you want to install the daemon files? 

[/usr/sbin] 

In which directory do you want to install the library files? 

[/usr/lib/vmware-tools] 

The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is 

going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?

[yes]  yes

In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? 

[/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] 

The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program 

is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you 

want? [yes] yes

The installation of VMware Tools 9.6.0 build-1294478 for Linux completed 

successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any 

time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl".

Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by 

invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want 

this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]  yes

Initializing...

Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped.

Stopping Thinprint services in the virtual machine:

   Stopping Virtual Printing daemon: done

Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

   Guest operating system daemon:[  OK  ]

   Unmounting HGFS shares:[  OK  ]

   Guest filesystem driver:[  OK  ]

Found a compatible pre-built module for vmci.  Installing it...

Found a compatible pre-built module for vsock.  Installing it...

The module vmxnet3 has already been installed on this system by another 

installer or package and will not be modified by this installer.

Use the flag --clobber-kernel-modules=vmxnet3 to override.

The module pvscsi has already been installed on this system by another 

installer or package and will not be modified by this installer.

Use the flag --clobber-kernel-modules=pvscsi to override.

The module vmmemctl has already been installed on this system by another 

installer or package and will not be modified by this installer.

Use the flag --clobber-kernel-modules=vmmemctl to override.

The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS 

and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment.  Do you wish 

to enable this feature? [yes]  yes

Found a compatible pre-built module for vmhgfs.  Installing it...

Found a compatible pre-built module for vmxnet.  Installing it...

The vmblock enables dragging or copying files between host and guest in a 

Fusion or Workstation virtual environment.  Do you wish to enable this feature?

[yes] yes

VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic building and installation of

VMware kernel modules at boot that are not already present. This feature can be

enabled/disabled by re-running vmware-config-tools.pl.

Would you like to enable VMware automatic kernel modules?

[no] no

Thinprint provides driver-free printing. Do you wish to enable this feature? 

[yes] yes

Disabling timer-based audio scheduling in pulseaudio.

Detected X server version 1.7.7

Stopping HAL daemon: [  OK  ]

Starting HAL daemon: [  OK  ]

X is running fine with the new config file.

Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.

   Starting Virtual Printing daemon: done

   Checking acpi hot plug[  OK  ]

Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

   Switching to guest configuration:[  OK  ]

   Guest vmxnet fast network device:[  OK  ]

   VM communication interface:[  OK  ]

   VM communication interface socket family:[  OK  ]

   Guest filesystem driver:[  OK  ]

   Mounting HGFS shares:[FAILED]

   Blocking file system:[  OK  ]

   Guest operating system daemon:[  OK  ]

The configuration of VMware Tools 9.6.0 build-1294478 for Linux for this 

running kernel completed successfully.

You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take 

effect.

You can now run VMware Tools by invoking "/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd" from the

command line.

To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and 

file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following:

1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user

2. Log out and log back into your desktop session; and,

3. Restart your X session.

to use the vmxnet driver, either reboot or

1. stop networking or stop any interface using the vmxnet or pcnet32 driver

2. remove the pcnet32 module with 'rmmod pcnet32'

3. remove the vmxnet module with 'rmmod vmxnet'

4. load the vmxnet module with 'modprobe -v vmxnet'

5. and restart networking or restart the stopped network interfaces

Enjoy,

--the VMware team

Found VMware Tools CDROM mounted at /media/VMware Tools. Ejecting device 

/dev/sr0 ...

#

// OK安装完成 

// 重启系统后 VMware Tools就生效了

# reboot

卸载VMware Tools

#/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl 或

#/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl

// 删除安装包

# rm /tmp/VMwareTools-9.6.0-1294478.tar.gz 

# rm -fr /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/