--- title: "How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8" date: "2015-10-07T07:00:03Z" tags: ["VMware Tools"] categories: ["Linux & Open Source", "VMware"] --- ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - Logo][1] I recently needed Linux Virtual Machine to manage one of the environments and I simply downloaded Linux distribution from Internet. My choice was Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela. I like this specific distribution, because it looks nice and As you might suspect it was installed as Virtual Machine on my laptop. As I am using Mac OS X I had to use VMware Fusion. ## Solution I am using Mac OS X Yosemite with VMware Fusion 8 Professional. After I installed base operating system I wanted to install VMware Tools to use all features of operating system. When I clicked on Virtual Machine - **Install VMware Tools** I immediately got error. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 1][2] # VMware Tools installation in Linux In case your Linux distribution isn't supported out of the box in VMware Fusion I will show you how to install VMware Tools anyway. ## Find VMware Tools in Mac OS X In order to find VMware Tools we can simply search for them in Terminal. Authenticate as root in Terminal and use command below to find all files with .iso extension. ```bash root# find / -name *.iso ``` As output you will see all iso files in your laptop. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 2][3] Now what we need to do is to copy linux.iso to location on your laptop. Simply use command below to copy it to your user Desktop. ```bash cp /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app//Contents/Library/isoimages/linux.iso /Users/USERNAME/Desktop/ ``` Once you got it on Desktop you can simply mount ISO image to Linux Virtual Machine. In VMware Fusion click on your Virtual Machine move to **CD/DVD** and select **Choose Disc or Disk Image**. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 3][4] Select ISO we just copied. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 4][5] Next step is to click **Connect CD/DVD** and ISO will be mounted in Virtual Machine. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 5][6] We need to copy VMwareTools tar.gz file to /tmp location where we will extract it and start installer. Execute following command to copy it to /tmp location. ```bash cp /media/wojcieh/VMware\ Tools/VMwareTools-10.0.0-2977863.tar.gz /tmp/ ``` Once we copied VMware Tools we need to extract them. Switch to /tmp folder. In order to do extract execute command below. ```bash tar -zxvf VMwareTools-10.0.0-2977863.tar.gz ``` When command is finished simply enter vmware-tools-distrib directory. In order to start VMware Tool installer use this command. ```bash ./vmware-install.pl ``` We will be asked if we want to proceed with installer - type **yes.** ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 6][7] Choose directory to install VMware Tools - I always go with defaults. Simply click Enter for all questions. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 7][8] In the next question answer **yes** by pressing enter to create necessary directories. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 8][9] Go with defaults and answer yes at the end. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 9][10] Once more we are asked if we want to run initial pre-cofniguration scripts. Answer yes. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 10][11] If you want you can enable Host-Guest folder sharing - it is totally up to you. I use this feature quite often so I selected yes. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 11][12] We are asked for valid gcc path - installer detected it correctly so no need to change anything here. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 12][13] Same for kernel modules - just click enter. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 13][14] We can as well select if we want to use dragging and copying files between host and virtual machine. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 14][15] I skipped enabling VMware automatic kernel modules and thinprint. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 15][16] Once again we go with defaults and click yes. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 16][17] After short while VMware Tools for Linux are installed. We just need to start them. ![How to install Linux VMware Tools in VMware Fusion 8 - 17][18] You can start VMware Tools by logging off, restarting X session or manually executing by typing in shell /usr/bin/vmware-user. 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