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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Linux Mint 13 Maya Cinnamon How-to Install VMWare Tools

How-to Install the VMWare Tools on Linux Mint 13 Maya Cinnamon, the Step-by-Step Simple Complete Visual-Guide Tutorial.

You need to know that the VMWare Tools Installed and Working will Grant you a More Pleasant Journey with Linux Mint 13 Maya on the VMWare Virtual Machine

With the VMWare Tools Installed you Can Custom Easy-Resizing the Screen Just Dragging and More your Guest will Dispose Also of Shared Folders to Easy Exchanging Files with the Host System!

Just Take the Time of Carefully Looking, Reading and Following the Detailed Instructions and Commands Contained in this Guide.

Comprehends All the Screen-shots taken during Installation that Show Every Single Step and Setup of the Process...

Start the Process of Downloading and Mounting the VMWare Tools CD with:
- VMWare Fusion
  Virtual Machine >> Install VMWare Tools
- VMWare Workstation
  VM >> Install VMWare Tools
May be you will need to Wait Until VMWare has Provided to Downloading and Mounting the VMWare Tools CD.
If after Download the Window with the VMWare Tools Do Not Appear you will Need to Manually Disconnect the CD/DVD in:
Virtual Machines >> CD/DVD(IDE) >> Disconnect CD/DVD
and after Re-Starting the VMWare Tools Installation...
Double-Click Mounted Disk on Desktop
Double Click to Extract Archive
Extract Into /tmp Directory
Open Terminal Window
VMWare Tools Installation:
- Access the Target Directory
```
cd /tmp/vmware*
```
- To Get Enabled the Shared Folders Apply Patch:
  
  VMWare-Tools Patch
  
  Contains Easy-Patch+Instructions 4 VMWareTools Installation on Linux Distros.
- Execute Installation Script
```
./vmware-install.pl
```
  Follow to Accept All the Default Proposed Settings...
This is the Sign of Success! :)