Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== VMware Tools ====== **General Information** Installing VMware Tools on Linux. **Checklist** * Distro(s): Enterprise Linux 6/7 ---- ===== 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> ---- ===== 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> ---- ===== CentOS 7 - VMware Tools ===== VMware tools is available in the CentOS 7 base repo. Install <code bash> yum install open-vm-tools </code> ---- linux_wiki/vmware_tools.txt Last modified: 2019/05/25 23:50(external edit)