Install vmware tools opensuse

Once installed, the first stumbling block was to install VMware tools. This is not as straight forward as you would think. There are a few dependencies that are needed and these must be installed manually. These include GCC, make and the kernel header files. This is not made clear while installing VMware Tools. Open a terminal and run uname -r and uname -m.

This will print the kernel name and machine name. In my case, I selected 3. Once everything is installed, reboot. Open a terminal and execute the following command. This will show the location of the kernel header that VMware Tools will look for.

Make the directory where VMware will look for for the kernel header. You can also create a symbolic link, but I have not tested this. Now extract the tar file from VMware Tools disk that is mounted and run sudo.

Follow the prompts and it should install OK. Reboot and everything should not work. While the virtual machine is power off, enable a shared folder. This will be automatically mounted when the OS boots. Boot the virtual machine and open a terminal. If everything is set up correctly, you will notice that the shared folder has already been mounted. You will need to change the names depending on your set up.

As of this writing, VMware has stopped releasing Guest Tools as part of its commercial VMware products, but supports community-based Tools. Because installing prerequisites and installing the Tools themselves can be difficult and complex, the User should instead install using the rasa vmware-tools project at. Once cloned using git or downloaded and extracted following the instructions on the project home page, run the master script which automatically updates your system, installs dependencies and installs the Tools.

Simply hover your mouse cursor over the various icons along the right of the Status Bar along the bottom of your graphical console.

You should see a number of devices listed including your virtual disk and your Host's GPU. You can select any and click "Connect So, for example connecting to the only network device could cause a real problem to the Host and any other Guests, and connecting to the Display would have a very major effect on the Host and all other Guests.

The wikis are now using the new authentication system. Jump to: navigation , search. VMware Tools is a collection of enhancements which are installed in Guest VMs to provide extended functionality. As of kernel 4. But, even Shared Folders has undergone changes, now implemented differently as a FUSE file system instead of previously as a file system accessed using the Plan 9 protocol.

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