Install VMware Server Tools in Debian 4.0 (Etch)
This guide is for default "minimal" install of Debian 4.0 (Etch) x64 inside VMware Server 1.0.4.
- Install packages needed by VMware Server Tools:
aptitude install autoconf automake binutils cpp gcc linux-headers-$(uname -r) make psmisc
- From VMware Server console click VM -> Install VMware Tools...
- Run this from Debian guest:
Mount CD-Rom:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
Extract VMware Tools to /tmp:
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/VMwareTools-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz
Unmont CD-Rom:
umount /mnt
Run the installer:
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
- When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer Yes.