Installing VMware Tools for Oracle Linux 7
Hello Oracle Linux User! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Install VMWare Tools on Oracle Linux 7 32/64-bit GNU/Linux Desktop.
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 Oracle Linux on VMWare…
Because with the VMWare Tools Installed you will Dispose Also of Shared Folders to Easy Exchange Files with the Host System!
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
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Then to Update System
sudo yum update
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
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And for Installing the VMware Tools
sudo yum install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop
- Finally to Enable VMWare Tools without Logout
vmware-user-suid-wrapper
VMware-Tools Installation Guides for Other Linux Distros:
How-to Install the VMWare Tools on Linux Distros
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