How Do I Open Vmware Tools in Ubuntu?

How do I run VMware tools on Ubuntu?

To install VMware Tools in Ubuntu follow the steps below:

1. Open a Terminal window. …
2. In the Terminal, run this command to navigate to the vmware-tools-distrib folder: …
3. Run this command to install VMware Tools: …
4. Enter your Ubuntu password.
5. Restart the Ubuntu virtual machine after the VMware Tools installation completes.

How do I open VMware tools?

Procedure

1. Ensure that the package index is updated: sudo apt-get update.
2. If the VM has a GUI (X11, and so on), install or upgrade open-vm-tools-desktop: sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop.
3. Otherwise, use the command to install open-vm-tools: sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools.