Install VMware Tools In Ubuntu Linux ( VMwareTools-1.0.5-8017.tar.gz file )

To install VMware Tools on an Ubuntu Linux machine, follow these steps:

1. Download the VMware Tools installation file (usually a .tar.gz file) from the VMware website or from the VMware Workstation application.

2. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where the VMware Tools installation file is located.

3. Extract the installation file by running the following command:

tar -zxvf VMwareTools-*.tar.gz

4. Navigate to the extracted directory by running the following command:

cd vmware-tools-distrib

5. Run the VMware Tools installation script by using the following command:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

7. Reboot the system to apply the changes.

Note: The above steps and commands are specific to Ubuntu Linux. The exact steps and commands may vary slightly depending on your Linux distribution and the version of VMware Tools that you are installing.

Additionally, make sure that you have the required dependencies installed on your system. VMware Tools requires the build-essential and linux-headers packages to be installed on the system. To install these packages, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)