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Thursday, November 1, 2012

How-to Install the VMWare Tools on Linux Mandriva 2011 Kde4 Easy Visual-Guide

This Visual Guide Show the VMWare Tools Installation for a Linux Mandriva 2011 Kde4 32/64bit Desktop.

Relax and Take the Time of Reading, Understanding and Executing Carefully the Instructions Contained in this Tutorial.

The Entire Process Do Not Take a Lot of Time but only a Little While.

There are Two Prerequisites Setups Extra Guide to Execute before Arriving to the Final True Installation Step...

The Process is Expressly Simplified Using When Possible the GUI Tools So to Reduce to the Minimum the Terminal Commands Section.

Start the VMWare Tools Installation
The Virtual CD Containing the VMWare Tools Shoup Appear...Select it on Pop-Up.
If Not... See the Troubleshooting Section at the Post Bottom.
Open Dolphin File Manager
Right-Click on the VMWare-Tools Archive and Select Extract Archive to...
Browser for the /tmp Directory as Destination.
Open a Root Terminal Window
Install the Prerequisite Packages
```
urpmi gcc kernel-desktop kernel-desktop-devel
```
```
reboot
```
If Urpmi Do Now Work then Setup Mandriva-Rosa Backports:

Rosa Backports Setup

Link Contains Detailed Instructions on How to Setup the Mandriva-Rosa Backports.
VMWare Tools Installation:
- Access the Target Directory
```
cd /tmp/vmware*
```
- To Get Enabled the Shared Folders Apply Patch:
  
  VMWare-Tools Patch
  
  Contains Easy-Patch+Instructions 4 VMWareTools Installation on Linux Distros.
- Execute Installation Script
```
./vmware-install.pl
```
  Follow to Accept All the Default Proposed Settings...
This is the Sign of Success! :)