TUTORIAL: Installing VMware Tools on ESXi 4.1 (Ubuntu 10.10)

From Beltrán Rueda’s forum help, I have put together this guide for anyone who may be struggling with the Wiki.

This is a step by step guide on installing VMware Tools 8.3.7 build-341836 with ESXi 4.1. It may or may not work with other versions.

Thanks again to Beltrán Rueda! :)

1. Boot the VM.
2. Login (user bitnami, password bitnami).
3. Login to the vSphere Client.
4. Right-click the VM and select “Guest>Install VMware Tools”.
5. Click ‘OK’.
6. The VM now has the VMware Tools CD.

INPUT:

$ sudo apt-get update

OUTPUT:

Packages are updated.

INPUT:

$ sudo apt-get upgrade

OUTPUT:

Packages are upgraded.

INPUT:

$ uname -a

OUTPUT:

Linux linux 2.6.35-28-virtual #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 18 22:28:02 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux

Append your Linux version to the end of this command…

$ sudo apt-get install gcc make tar linux-headers-

Example…

$ sudo apt-get install gcc make tar linux-headers-2.6.35-28-virtual

OUTPUT:

Installing…

INPUT:

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

OUTPUT:

mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

INPUT:

$ cd /mnt/cdrom

OUTPUT:

bitnami@linux:/mnt/cdrom$

INPUT:

$ tar -xzvf VMwareTools*.tar.gz -C /tmp

OUTPUT:

Extracting…

INPUT:

$ cd /tmp/vmware*

OUTPUT:

bitnami@linux:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib$

INPUT:

$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl

OUTPUT:

Installing VMware Tools.
In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin] _

Keep pressing ‘Enter’ to accept all of the default values.

Once complete, read the on-screen instructions.
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Original Thread:
http://bitnami.com/forums/forums/virtual-applia…

Thanks for posting it. It will be helpful for other BitNami users.