Installing VMware tools

[rmcellig]

I'm new to Ubuntu 8.04 switching from Mac OS X. How do I install VMware Tools?

I have a folder on my desktop called vmware-tools-distrib with some files in it. Where do I go from here?

This folder is from the vmware tools CD image that is on my desktop.

[CadetD]

My VMware is down due to 8.04 upgrade (but that's a different story).
What files do you have in that folder? Don't remember off the top of my head.

If they are .deb files, then you can
sudo dpkg -i xxxxx.deb (where xxxxx.deb is the file from the folder) and that will install it.

if there is a .sh file then
sudo sh ./xxxxx.sh

[CadetD]

My VMware is down due to 8.04 upgrade (but that's a different story).
What files do you have in that folder? Don't remember off the top of my head.

If they are .deb files, then you can
sudo dpkg -i xxxxx.deb (where xxxxx.deb is the file from the folder) and that will install it.

if there is a .sh file then
sudo sh ./xxxxx.sh

[lkness]

VMware as instructions at:

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_newguest_tools_linux.html