====== VMware Tools ======

**General Information**

Installing VMware Tools on Linux. 

**Checklist**
  * Distro(s): Enterprise Linux 6/7

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===== Uninstall Previous Versions =====

Remove previous versions of vmware tools or the installer will complain.

Uninstall previously installed compiled (tar) version of vmware tools<code bash>vmware-uninstall-tools.pl</code>

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===== CentOS 6 - VMware Tools =====

Create VMware Tools Repo
<code bash>
vim /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware-tools.repo
 
[vmware-tools]
name=VMware Tools
baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.5latest/rhel6/x86_64/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
</code>

Import the repo key
<code bash>
rpm --import http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
</code>

Install
<code bash>
yum install vmware-tools-esx-kmods vmware-tools-esx-nox
</code>

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===== CentOS 7 - VMware Tools =====

VMware tools is available in the CentOS 7 base repo.

Install
<code bash>
yum install open-vm-tools
</code>

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