Install VMware Tools in Fedora Core

jqunjian

1. Install software needed by VMware Tools

Install packages to build the kernel modules
yum install gcc kernel-devel

Check the running kernel matches the kernel headers
uname -r             # running kernel
rpm -q kernel-devel  # installed kernel headers

If the two versions do not match, run
yum -y upgrade kernel kernel-devel
reboot

Find out where the kernel headers are (you may need this later)
ls -d /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)*/include
2. Prepare VMware Tools
Choose one of a), b), c) or d).
a) If you are running the VM inside VMware Workstation 5.5 Show answer

From VMware Workstation: go to VM> Install VMware Tools

From the VM: mount the virtual cd drive
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/

Extract VMware Tools to /tmp/
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz

Unmount the virtual cd drive
umount /mnt

Now run the installer
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "No", and follow on from 3. Install VMware Tools below. b) If you are running the VM inside ESX 3.0.x Show answer

From Virtual Infrastructure Client: go to VM> Install VMware Tools

From the VM: mount the virtual cd drive
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/

Extract VMware Tools to /tmp/
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz

Unmount the virtual cd drive
umount /mnt

Now run the installer
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "No", and follow on from 3. Install VMware Tools below.
-->
b) If you have VMware-workstation-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz on disk Show answer

Make sure VMware-workstation-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz is on disk inside the VM.

Extract the VMware Tools iso
tar --strip-components=3 -zxvf VMware-workstation-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz \
vmware-distrib/lib/isoimages/linux.iso

Create a temporary mount point
mkdir /mnt/vmtools-temp

Mount the iso image
mount -o loop linux.iso /mnt/vmtools-temp

Copy VMware Tools from the mount
cp /mnt/vmtools-temp/VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz /tmp/

Extract VMware Tools to /tmp/
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/vmtools-temp/VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz

Tidy up
umount /mnt/vmtools-temp
rmdir /mnt/vmtools-temp
rm linux.iso

Now run the installer
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "No", and follow on from 3. Install VMware Tools below.
c) If you have VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz on disk Show answer

Extract VMware Tools to /tmp/
tar -C /tmp -zxvf VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz

Now run the installer
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "No", and follow on from 3. Install VMware Tools below.
d) If you cannot do any of these Show answer

Download VMware Workstation Trial (free) from
http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/

Go to If you have VMwareTools-5.5.1-19175.tar.gz on disk, above.
3. Install VMware Tools
Note: Version 5.5.1 of VMware Tools requires a patch, shown below. If you are using a later version of VMware Tools, this is not be required. Try running /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl first without the patch, and only if it fails follow this section.

Backup your existing file
cp /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl.orig

Patch the file (see note above)
cd /tmp/
wget http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-tools-any-update2.tar.gz
tar zxvf vmware-tools-any-update2.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-any-update2/
./runme.pl

When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "Yes".
4. Fixes
a) Your mouse is stuck inside your VM Show answer

Edit the X config file
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Look for the section Secton "InputDevice"

Change the Driver "mouse" to Driver "vmmouse"

Create a link to the driver
ln -s /usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XOrg/6.8.x/vmmouse_drv.o /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/

Restart X.

本文来自ChinaUnix博客，如果查看原文请点：http://blog.chinaunix.net/u/12184/showart_693414.html