1	On the host, select VM > Install VMware Tools.

If an earlier version of VMware Tools is installed, the menu item is Update VMware Tools. If the current version is installed, the menu item is Reinstall VMware Tools.

2	On the guest, log in as root.

3	If your Linux distribution does not automatically mount CD-ROMs, mount the VMware Tools virtual CD-ROM image.

a	If necessary, create the /mnt/cdrom directory:

b	Mount the CD-ROM drive.

Some Linux distributions use different device names or organize the /dev directory differently. If your CD-ROM drive is not /dev/cdrom or if the mount point for a CD-ROM is not /mnt/cdrom, modify the command to reflect the conventions used by your distribution.

4	Change to a working directory (for example, /tmp):

5	If a previous installation exists, delete the previous vmware-tools-distrib directory.

6	Uncompress the installer:

is the product version number and is the build number of the product release.

7	If necessary, unmount the CD-ROM image.

8	Run the VMware Tools installer.

Respond to the questions the command-line wizard displays on the screen. Press Enter to accept the default value. The configuration file, vmware-config-tools.pl, runs after the installer file finishes running.

9	If you are updating VMware Tools, reboot the virtual machine or manually reload the pvscsi, vmxnet, and vmxnet3 Linux kernel modules.

10	Enter the following commands to restore the network:

11	Log out of the root account.

12	(Optional) Start your graphical environment.

13	In an X terminal, to start the VMware User process, enter the following command:

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