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This post provides steps to install VMware Tools in CentOS 6.4. It is very important to install VMware Tools in the guest operating system. Without the VMware Tools, guest OS performance will lacks some of the important functionality. VMware Tools is a group of utilities that enhances the overall performance of the virtual machine\u2019s guest operating system (OS) and improves management of the virtual machine (VM). This is one of important components in order to provide perfect VM OS.<\/p>\n
1. Choose your VM –> Click “Install VMware Tools<\/strong>” from the VMware Workstation menu, VMware Workstation temporarily connects the virtual machine’s first virtual CD-ROM drive to the ISO image file that contains the VMware Tools installer for your guest operating system and you are ready to begin the installation process.<\/p>\n 2. Install prerequisites :<\/p>\n Example :<\/p>\n 3. Reboot VM.<\/p>\n 4. Mount the installer.<\/p>\n 5. Copy the installer to \/tmp :<\/p>\n 6. Extract the installer :<\/p>\n 7. Enter the vmware-tools-distrib directory :<\/p>\n 8. Install the VMware Tools :<\/p>\n This post provides steps to install VMware Tools in CentOS 6.4. It is very important to install VMware Tools in the guest operating system. Without the VMware Tools, guest OS…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055,1083],"tags":[1244,1255,1536,1895],"class_list":["post-4497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-centos","category-vmware","tag-centos","tag-centos-6-4","tag-linux","tag-vmware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}[root@centos64 ~]# yum install perl gcc make -y<\/pre>\n
[root@centos64 ~]# yum install perl gcc make -y\nLoaded plugins: fastestmirror\nLoading mirror speeds from cached hostfile\n * base: centos.ipserverone.com\n * extras: centos.ipserverone.com\n * updates: centos.ipserverone.com\nSetting up Install Process\nResolving Dependencies\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package gcc.x86_64 0:4.4.7-3.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: libgomp = 4.4.7-3.el6 for package: gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: cpp = 4.4.7-3.el6 for package: gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: glibc-devel >= 2.2.90-12 for package: gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: cloog-ppl >= 0.15 for package: gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: libgomp.so.1()(64bit) for package: gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64\n---> Package make.x86_64 1:3.81-20.el6 will be installed\n---> Package perl.x86_64 4:5.10.1-129.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: perl-libs = 4:5.10.1-129.el6 for package: 4:perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: perl-libs for package: 4:perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: perl(version) for package: 4:perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: perl(Pod::Simple) for package: 4:perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: perl(Module::Pluggable) for package: 4:perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: libperl.so()(64bit) for package: 4:perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package cloog-ppl.x86_64 0:0.15.7-1.2.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: libppl_c.so.2()(64bit) for package: cloog-ppl-0.15.7-1.2.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: libppl.so.7()(64bit) for package: cloog-ppl-0.15.7-1.2.el6.x86_64\n---> Package cpp.x86_64 0:4.4.7-3.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: libmpfr.so.1()(64bit) for package: cpp-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64\n---> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.12-1.107.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers = 2.12-1.107.el6 for package: glibc-devel-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: glibc-headers for package: glibc-devel-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64\n---> Package libgomp.x86_64 0:4.4.7-3.el6 will be installed\n---> Package perl-Module-Pluggable.x86_64 1:3.90-129.el6 will be installed\n---> Package perl-Pod-Simple.x86_64 1:3.13-129.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: perl(Pod::Escapes) >= 1.04 for package: 1:perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-129.el6.x86_64\n---> Package perl-libs.x86_64 4:5.10.1-129.el6 will be installed\n---> Package perl-version.x86_64 3:0.77-129.el6 will be installed\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.12-1.107.el6 will be installed\n--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers >= 2.2.1 for package: glibc-headers-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64\n--> Processing Dependency: kernel-headers for package: glibc-headers-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64\n---> Package mpfr.x86_64 0:2.4.1-6.el6 will be installed\n---> Package perl-Pod-Escapes.x86_64 1:1.04-129.el6 will be installed\n---> Package ppl.x86_64 0:0.10.2-11.el6 will be installed\n--> Running transaction check\n---> Package kernel-headers.x86_64 0:2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 will be installed\n--> Finished Dependency Resolution\n\nDependencies Resolved\n\n==============================================================================================================\n Package Arch Version Repository Size\n==============================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n gcc x86_64 4.4.7-3.el6 base 10 M\n make x86_64 1:3.81-20.el6 base 389 k\n perl x86_64 4:5.10.1-129.el6 base 10 M\nInstalling for dependencies:\n cloog-ppl x86_64 0.15.7-1.2.el6 base 93 k\n cpp x86_64 4.4.7-3.el6 base 3.7 M\n glibc-devel x86_64 2.12-1.107.el6 base 974 k\n glibc-headers x86_64 2.12-1.107.el6 base 604 k\n kernel-headers x86_64 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 updates 2.3 M\n libgomp x86_64 4.4.7-3.el6 base 118 k\n mpfr x86_64 2.4.1-6.el6 base 157 k\n perl-Module-Pluggable x86_64 1:3.90-129.el6 base 38 k\n perl-Pod-Escapes x86_64 1:1.04-129.el6 base 31 k\n perl-Pod-Simple x86_64 1:3.13-129.el6 base 210 k\n perl-libs x86_64 4:5.10.1-129.el6 base 576 k\n perl-version x86_64 3:0.77-129.el6 base 50 k\n ppl x86_64 0.10.2-11.el6 base 1.3 M\n\nTransaction Summary\n==============================================================================================================\nInstall 16 Package(s)\n\nTotal download size: 31 M\nInstalled size: 75 M\nDownloading Packages:\n(1\/16): cloog-ppl-0.15.7-1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm | 93 kB 00:01\n(2\/16): cpp-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64.rpm | 3.7 MB 00:36\n(3\/16): gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64.rpm | 10 MB 01:36\n(4\/16): glibc-devel-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64.rpm | 974 kB 00:08\n(5\/16): glibc-headers-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64.rpm | 604 kB 00:10\n(6\/16): kernel-headers-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 2.3 MB 00:23\n(7\/16): libgomp-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64.rpm | 118 kB 00:00\n(8\/16): make-3.81-20.el6.x86_64.rpm | 389 kB 00:03\n(9\/16): mpfr-2.4.1-6.el6.x86_64.rpm | 157 kB 00:01\n(10\/16): perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64.rpm | 10 MB 01:40\n(11\/16): perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-129.el6.x86_64.rpm | 38 kB 00:00\n(12\/16): perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-129.el6.x86_64.rpm | 31 kB 00:00\n(13\/16): perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-129.el6.x86_64.rpm | 210 kB 00:02\n(14\/16): perl-libs-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64.rpm | 576 kB 00:05\n(15\/16): perl-version-0.77-129.el6.x86_64.rpm | 50 kB 00:00\n(16\/16): ppl-0.10.2-11.el6.x86_64.rpm | 1.3 MB 00:11\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTotal 103 kB\/s | 31 MB 05:06\nRunning rpm_check_debug\nRunning Transaction Test\nTransaction Test Succeeded\nRunning Transaction\n Installing : 1:perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-129.el6.x86_64 1\/16\n Installing : 4:perl-libs-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64 2\/16\n Installing : 3:perl-version-0.77-129.el6.x86_64 3\/16\n Installing : 1:perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-129.el6.x86_64 4\/16\n Installing : 1:perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-129.el6.x86_64 5\/16\n Installing : 4:perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64 6\/16\n Installing : ppl-0.10.2-11.el6.x86_64 7\/16\n Installing : cloog-ppl-0.15.7-1.2.el6.x86_64 8\/16\n Installing : kernel-headers-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 9\/16\n Installing : glibc-headers-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64 10\/16\n Installing : glibc-devel-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64 11\/16\n Installing : libgomp-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64 12\/16\n Installing : mpfr-2.4.1-6.el6.x86_64 13\/16\n Installing : cpp-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64 14\/16\n Installing : gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64 15\/16\n Installing : 1:make-3.81-20.el6.x86_64 16\/16\n Verifying : glibc-devel-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64 1\/16\n Verifying : gcc-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64 2\/16\n Verifying : 1:perl-Pod-Escapes-1.04-129.el6.x86_64 3\/16\n Verifying : 1:perl-Pod-Simple-3.13-129.el6.x86_64 4\/16\n Verifying : mpfr-2.4.1-6.el6.x86_64 5\/16\n Verifying : libgomp-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64 6\/16\n Verifying : 4:perl-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64 7\/16\n Verifying : 4:perl-libs-5.10.1-129.el6.x86_64 8\/16\n Verifying : cpp-4.4.7-3.el6.x86_64 9\/16\n Verifying : 1:make-3.81-20.el6.x86_64 10\/16\n Verifying : 3:perl-version-0.77-129.el6.x86_64 11\/16\n Verifying : 1:perl-Module-Pluggable-3.90-129.el6.x86_64 12\/16\n Verifying : kernel-headers-2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 13\/16\n Verifying : ppl-0.10.2-11.el6.x86_64 14\/16\n Verifying : cloog-ppl-0.15.7-1.2.el6.x86_64 15\/16\n Verifying : glibc-headers-2.12-1.107.el6.x86_64 16\/16\n\nInstalled:\n gcc.x86_64 0:4.4.7-3.el6 make.x86_64 1:3.81-20.el6 perl.x86_64 4:5.10.1-129.el6\n\nDependency Installed:\n cloog-ppl.x86_64 0:0.15.7-1.2.el6 cpp.x86_64 0:4.4.7-3.el6\n glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.12-1.107.el6 glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.12-1.107.el6\n kernel-headers.x86_64 0:2.6.32-358.2.1.el6 libgomp.x86_64 0:4.4.7-3.el6\n mpfr.x86_64 0:2.4.1-6.el6 perl-Module-Pluggable.x86_64 1:3.90-129.el6\n perl-Pod-Escapes.x86_64 1:1.04-129.el6 perl-Pod-Simple.x86_64 1:3.13-129.el6\n perl-libs.x86_64 4:5.10.1-129.el6 perl-version.x86_64 3:0.77-129.el6\n ppl.x86_64 0:0.10.2-11.el6\n\nComplete!<\/pre>\n
[root@centos64 ~]# reboot<\/pre>\n
[root@centos64 ~]# mount -t iso9660 \/dev\/cdrom \/mnt\nmount: block device \/dev\/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only<\/pre>\n
[root@centos64 ~]# cd \/mnt\n[root@centos64 mnt]# cp VMwareTools-9.2.2-893683.tar.gz \/tmp<\/pre>\n
[root@centos64 ~]# cd \/tmp\n[root@centos64 tmp]# tar xzvf VMwareTools-9.2.2-893683.tar.gz<\/pre>\n
[root@centos64 tmp]# cd vmware-tools-distrib\/<\/pre>\n
[root@centos64 vmware-tools-distrib]# .\/vmware-install.pl<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"