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Thursday, May 2, 2013

How-to Install VMWare Tools on Linux CentOS 6.4 Gnome 32/64bit Desktop Step-by-Step Easy Visual-Guide

This Step-by-Step Easy Guide Show How-to Install the VMWare Tools for Linux CentOS 6.4 Gnome i686/x86_64 Desktop and so to have a Fully Integrated CentOS 6 Virtualization on Your System.

The Entire Process is Well Shown so Just Take the Time to Carefully Follow Up all the Steps and Indications outlined in this Complete and Detailed Tutorial.
The Installation do Not will take a very Long Time but only a Little While.

You need to know that the VMWare Tools Installed and Working will Grant you a More Pleasant Journey with Linux CentOS 6 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.

You Find Detailed VMWare Installation Troubleshooting Link 2 the Post Bottom.

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...
Double Click the VMWare Media on the Desktop:
Right-Click on the VMWare Archive and Select Extract here:
Open a Terminal Session:
Updating the Linux Kernel
Login as SuperUser
```
su
```
Update Kernel
```
yum update kernel
```
```
reboot
```
Reboot!
Install Required Packages
```
su
```
```
yum install kernel-headers gcc
```
To Get Enabled the Shared Folders Apply Patch:

VMWare-Tools Patch

Contains Easy-Patch+Instructions 4 VMWareTools Installation on Linux Distros.
VMWare Tools Installation:
```
cd /tmp/vmware*
```
```
su -c "./vmware-install.pl"
```
Follow to Accept All the Default Proposed Settings...
This is the Sign of Success! :)