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Friday, January 18, 2013

How-to Install VMWare Tools on Linux Fedora 18 Xfce 32/64bit Easy & Step-by-Step Visual Guide

The Visual-Guide Show Step-by-Step How-to Install the VMWare Tools on Linux Fedora 18 Xfce Desktop i686/x86_64.

The VMWare Installation Process is here Shown for a Xfce Desktop but it Will Work like the Same on All Others Fedora 18 Releases.

You need to know that the VMWare Tools Installed and Working will Grant you a More Pleasant Journey with Linux Fedora 18 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.

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 after Download 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 after Re-Starting the VMWare Tools Installation...
Double-Click on the VMWare Tools Disk in Desktop
Double-Click to Open VMWare Tools Archive:
Extract VMWare Tools into /tmp Directory:
Open Terminal Window:
Update the Kernel
```
uname -r
```
If the Output Contains the keyword "PAE" then Look this Other Tutorial:
Installing Kernel-Headers on Fedora PAE Kernel
```
su -c 'yum update kernel'
```
Reboot!
```
reboot
```
Install the Prerequisite Packages

Installing gcc
```
su -c "yum install gcc"
```
Installing Kernel Headers
```
su -c "yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel"
```
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...
In Case Prompted about What is the location of the Kernel-Headers? Look:

Kernel-Headers Path on Fedora

Linux VMWare Tools Installation on RedHat-Based Troubleshooting Missing Kernel-Headers Path on RedHat Based.

After a little while the installation should complete successfully :)
But if Instead you Get: Execution aborted

Then Consult Troubleshooting...

VMWare Tools Troubleshootings

Contains detailed Troubleshooting of VMWareTools Installation on Linux Distros.
This is the Sign of Success!
Congratulations :)
Now to Enable VMWare Tools without Logout
```
/usr/bin/vmware-user
```

VMware-Tools Installation Guides for Other Linux Distros:

How-to Install the VMWare Tools on Linux Distros