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HOWTO: Install VMware tools without a GUI or X
29/09/08
06:56:25 pm, by richard 
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Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Virtual Machines
HOWTO: Install VMware tools without a GUI or X
I am assuming you already have an install of Ubuntu Server. I would make a copy of the whole VMware machine and play around with that, just in case 
Update your server with the latest patches (optional)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Again this is optional but usually worth while, force any updates for the kernel.
Reboot to take those changes in to effect.
Now to get the header files required for any modules that are compiled during the installation.
There are a couple of packages that are required for VMware Tools to install.
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-server build-essential
Now we can install the VMware tools, with the server fully booted up. Go back to the web interface (VMserver version 2) and click on the link to install vmtools. (it is on the right hand side).
You will need to mount the VMware Tools CD ISO image
Change directory to some where convenient say your HOME directory and then untar the tools.
cd ~
tar zxvf /cdrom/VMwareTools-n.n.n-nnnn.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
The installation script will ask you questions, I found that defaults worked fine right out of the box .
All done so reboot.
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