Ubuntu: Installing VMware tools
VMware tools can be obtained from:
- the open-vm-tools package in Ubuntu
- packages.vmware.com
- your VMware host (this method does not use .deb packages)
VMware recommends users to use open-vm-tools on Linux, including Ubuntu.
Installing from Ubuntu package open-vm-tools on Trusty Tahr 14.04 and later
open-vm-tools is the recommended method of installing VMware tools on Ubuntu. Packages are available in the main repository since 14.04.
For server and headless installations:
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apt-get install open-vm-tools |
For desktop:
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apt-get install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop |
If you are on Trusty after upgrading from an older release, you may need to use open-vm-tools-lts-trusty-desktop instead.