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    Installing VMware tools

    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.

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    Re: Installing VMware tools

    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
    If it is just us, seems like an awful waste of space. - Carl Sagan
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    Re: Installing VMware tools

    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
    If it is just us, seems like an awful waste of space. - Carl Sagan
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    AMD64 Dual dual-core Opteron (quad core, in case you were not counting) / 4GB RAM (need more RAM)

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