Thursday, May 2, 2013

How-to Install VMWare Tools on Linux RedHat RHEL 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 RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Gnome i686/x86_64 Desktop and so to have a Fully Integrated RHEL 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 RedHat RHEL 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.

VMware Gnome Penguin
  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 the VMWare Media on the Desktop:

    Installing VMWare Tools on CentOS 6 Visually 2
  3. Double-Click on VMware-Tools and Extract Into /tmp Directory
    Gnome Extract VMware-Tools tar.gz Archive
  4. Open a Terminal Session:

    Installing VMWare Tools on CentOS 6 Visually 5
  5. If You Do Not Dispose of a RHEL Subscription

    Setup YUM on RHEL from DVD
  6. Updating the Linux Kernel

    Login as SuperUser

    su

    Update Kernel

    yum update kernel
    reboot
    Reboot!
  7. Install Required Packages
    su -c "yum install kernel-headers gcc"
  8. To Get Enabled the Shared Folders Apply Patch:

    VMWare-Tools Patch
  9. 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! :)

     

    Installing VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 12 10
  10. VMWare Tools Troubleshootings
  11. Finally to Enable VMWare Tools without Logout
    /usr/bin/vmware-user
  12. VMware-Tools Installation Guides for Other Linux Distros:

    How-to Install the VMWare Tools on Linux Distros


Have a Great Time with CentOS 6 on VMWare! ;)