This post is for preservation, because just about the time I forget the steps is the time I need to reinstall VMWare Tools on an Ubuntu Guest on an ESXi Host.
- sudo -i
- apt-get update
- apt-get upgrade
- apt-get install build-essential binutils linux-headers-$(uname -r)
- mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom
- cp -a /cdrom/VMwareTools* /tmp/
- cd /tmp/
- tar -vxzf VMwareTools*.gz
- cd vmware-tools-distrib/
- ./vmware-install.pl
CD-ROM mount point may vary. Accept all defaults for vmware-install perl script.
June 16th, 2010 |
Tags: binutils, build-essential, guest operating system, linux, Lucid Lynx, Ubuntu, VMWare ESXi, VMWare Tools, vSphere
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