Howto install VMware Tools on ubuntu 9.04

VMware provides a completely virtualized set of hardware to the guest operating system,include the hardware for a video adapter, a network adapter, and hard disk adapters.

Download the VMware software from following link:

VMware Player(free):http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

VMware server(free):http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

VMware workstation:http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/

VMware ESX:http://www.vmware.com/products/vi/esx/

To install VMware tools,first open a terminal window and type following code:

wget http://chrysaor.info/scripts/ubuntu904vmtools.sh

Then execute it by command:


sudo bash ./ubuntu904vmtools.sh

It will take a little time to finish running the command above,reboot and then you are done if you are using VMware server or workstation,for more about it,refer to chrysaor.info

Categories: Ubuntu