How to install Vmware-Tools on Debian Linux
Ensure you grab the latest updates before you begin. If you update the kernel after installing Vmware-Tools you will need to re-run the vmware-tools.pl script.
For debian the following command can be run to start the update and upgrade process.
Mount the physical cd-rom device to our /media/cdrom folder so we can access the contents of the cd.
Now we extract the file from the Vmware-tools archieve. The following command will extract the archieve located at /media/cdrom/ to the folder /opt/ in one command.
Now to install the Vmware-Tools
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