How to Install VMware-Tools on CentOS Gnu/Linux Distro

May 2, 2013 | By Duchateaux.

GNU/Linux CentOS Install VMware Tools Guide

Hi! The shows you How to Install VMware-Tools in CentOS GNU/Linux Desktops.

Most noteworthy: as of Sept 2015, VMware Recommends using the distribution-specific open-vm-tools instead of the VMware Tools package for guest machines.

Then you need to know that the VMware Tools Installed and Working will Grant you a More Pleasant Journey with CentOS on VMware…

Finally, this Setup is Valid also for All the others Red Hat Linux Based Distros like:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Rocky Linux
  • AlmaLinux
  • Oracle Enterprise Linux
  • Scientific Linux
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