VMware Tools

Install from Repo

Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 (2022-12-02)

When trying the other instructions I got a message prompt encouraging me to use the package for my OS. Which I did and it seems to have worked without issue (The message in the browser saying VMTools is not installed went away). Only required one command as below.

sudo apt install open-vm-tools

Install From VMWare CD

Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 (2022-09-20)

Source: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=1022525

NB: Main thing reason for creating documentation was to note that the error message Segmentation Fault (core dumped) is normal, and it should be ignored.

Mount CD Image

Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools

Extract installation files

• Navigate to the CD
• Copy the file similar to VMwareTools.x.x.x-xxxx.tar.gz to the desktop
• Extract the contents of the VMwareTools.x.x.x-xxxx.tar.gz file

Run installation

Navigate into the extracted folder vmware-tools-distrib and run the installer:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

Take the defaults and ignore the error message about the Segmentation Fault (core dumped) it takes a while but the installation continues.