MacLochlainns Weblog » Ubuntu VMWare intall tools http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com Michael McLaughlin's Technical Blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:21:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 VMWare Fusion tip on upgrading VMWare Tools http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2008/10/27/vmware-fusion-tip-on-upgrading-vmware-tools/ http://blog.mclaughlinsoftware.com/2008/10/27/vmware-fusion-tip-on-upgrading-vmware-tools/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:39:05 +0000 maclochlainn http://maclochlainn.wordpress.com/?p=676 # sudo /home/username/Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl]]> You’ll need to right click on the VMWareTools icon and manually extract the file. If you don’t and double click the icon instead, it’ll raise an exception that one already exists. After you manually extract it to your desktop, run the command as follows (replacing your user name of course):

# sudo /home/username/Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl

I wrote this when it seemed like a good idea. I subsequently discovered that all upgrades aren’t as good as you’d like. Sometimes, a fresh install recommends itself when the virtual machine is Red Hat AS.

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