Saturday, January 26, 2013

How-to Install VMWare-Tools on Linux Mint 14 Nadia KDE Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide

How-to Install the VMWare Tools for Linux Mint 14 Nadia KDE 32/64bit Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide.

At this Time the Repository for this Linux Release You Need to Manually Download the VMWare-Tools for Linux Mint 14 Nadia KDE4 because the Repository is still Unavailable.

You need to know that the VMWare Tools Installed and Working will Grant you a More Pleasant Journey with Linux Mint 14 Nadia on the VMWare Virtual Machine

With the VMWare Tools Installed you Can Custom Easy-Resizing the Screen Just Dragging and More your Guest will Dispose Also of Shared Folders to Easy Exchanging Files with the Host System!

Just Take the Time of Carefully Looking, Reading and Following the Detailed Instructions and Commands Contained in this Guide.

Linux Mint on VMWare
  1. Start the Process of Downloading and Mounting the VMWare Tools CD with:
    • VMWare Fusion

      Virtual Machine >> Install VMWare Tools

    • VMWare Workstation

      VM >> Install VMWare Tools


    May be you will need to Wait Until VMWare has Provided to Downloading and Mounting the VMWare Tools CD.
    If the Window with the VMWare Tools Do Not Appear you will Need to Manually Disconnect the CD/DVD in:
    Virtual Machines >> CD/DVD(IDE) >> Disconnect CD/DVD
    And just Re-Starting the VMWare Tools Installation...
  2. Double-Click on VMware-Tools tar.gz Archive
    Open VMware-Tools tar.gz Archive
  3. Extract VMware-Tools into /tmp
    Extract VMware-Tools tar.gz Archive
  4. Open a Terminal Window
    Linux Mint 13-14 Maya KDE Open Terminal
  5. VMWare Tools Installation:
    • Access the Target Directory
      cd /tmp/vmware*
    • To Get Enabled the Shared Folders Apply this Patch:

      VMware-Tools Patch
    • Login as SuperUser
      su
    • Execute Installation Script
      ./vmware-install.pl
      Follow to Accept All the Default Proposed Settings...
    This is the Sign of Success! :)

     

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  7. Finally to Enable VMWare Tools without Logout
    /usr/bin/vmware-user
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