How to install VMware Tools on Fuduntu 2012

This is a quick tutorial on How to install VMware Tools on Fuduntu 2012. When we install Fuduntu 2012 on VMware Workstation, we need to install VMware Tools to enable many other features such as full screen and seamless mode, and many other benefits.

Steps to install VMware Tools on Fuduntu 2012

1. Boot Fuduntu guest machine on VMware Workstation. When it reached the desktop, click the Install VMware Tools on the VMware Workstation. Go to VM | Install VMware Tools.

2. The VMware Tools will be mounted on Fuduntu 2012. Extract the compressed file inside. It called VmwareTools-xxxx.tar.gz

 

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3. You can right click on the file and extract to your temporary folder. It will create a new directory called vmware-contrib.

4. Open Terminal and cd to the extract folder

cd /home/dhani/Downloads/vmware-tools-distrib
su
./vmware-install.pl

Follow the instruction shown on scree and press Enter when asked.

 

vmware-tools-fuduntu

 

Finally, reboot your computer to take effect.