How To Install Vmware Tools On Slackware Linux
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After some digging around I found the packages I needed at vmware.com. Be aware that the packages are organized by Player version and build number, so make sure you pick whatever matches your installation.
Download the file named tools-linux-9.6.2.exe.tar and extract the archive. Subsequently run the tools-linux-9.6.2.exe file. This will create the linux.iso containing the VMware tools in your VMware Player installation folder.
I just did a re-installation of the tools and this time the screen didn't flash and X didn't restart. (Note that I always do the installation from a konsole window - I'm running KDE). I noted in the past that X restarted as I described. Maybe something is different in 13.37 or maybe it's because it's a reinstall, not a clean first install. Any which way, just kill mkinitrd and continue.
I really like working with virtual machines and as such my choice of Hypervisor is VMWare Workstation or ESXi. I created a new Slackware VM and during installation of VMWare tools it failed. To fix this first failure make a new directory #mkdir /etc/pam.d and then re-run the VMware tools installer. This error is due to Slackware not shipping with pam. Near the end of the installation process you should receive the following error.
I choose to install the binaries in /usr/local/bin - so we want to run vmware-config.pl from /usr/local/bin now. This might run OK if /usr/local/bin happens to be in your PATH setting, but I just 'cd' to /usr/local/bin in case it matters.
VMware puts the guest operating system in a special state to allow you to install the tools... and you'll find the VMware Tools setup program on the floppy drive in the virtual machine. Run the setup, install the tools, etc...
Assuming you got rid of /etc/rc0-6.d and /etc/init.d after you were done with the install - you'll just need to restore a couple of things temporarily before you run vmware-config.pl --compile (again)
Before you get rid of /etc/init.d/vmware - I'm assuming that your system is consistent with the rest of the tips here... and you already had /etc/rc.d/rc.vmware in place from your initial install (and the short addition to /etc/rc.d/rc.local mentioned earlier)
Anyway - depending on how you have your vmware installation configured - you might notice more or less services running. If you don't see any services running - running the script in /etc/rc.d/rc.vmware to stop/start all the vmware stuff again wouldn't be a bad idea.
Am I installing VMWare tools wrong? Or doing something else incredibly stupid that I am over looking because I felt like I dealt with the same issue back on vSphere 4 in regards to installing VMWare tools. Problem is it never seems to install properly the first time. I thought this was an issue of the past but it's done it on the 11 VM's I've deployed today.
Should you decide to create your own VMware installation of Kali Linux (rather than using our pre-made VMware images), and you want to force a manual reinstall of open-vm-tools (as something has gone wrong), first make sure you are fully updated, then enter the following:
Install the dependencies: base-devel (for building), net-tools (for ifconfig, used by the installer) and linux-headers (for kernel headers). In order to check out open-vm-tools you will need pkgctl from the devtools package.
Enable vmware-vmblock-fuse systemd services (make sure the dependencies are manually installed, or that the -s flag) used. The open-vm-tools source code should be checked out using the Arch build system.
To fix the issue, simply reinstall VMware tools the same way they were installed the first time. The following commands have been tested on CentOS 5 and depending on the Linux distribution, the commands you use and their sequence may be different.
For infrequent or one-off installations, it is reasonable to use a Debian mirror directly. However, if you intend to do several VM installations, we recommend that you use a caching proxy or local mirror. Either of the following tools can be installed into a VM.
I have never bothered with a system installation of MXE, althoughthis can be done, as a single user VM has always been enough. Now a basicset of tools can be installed and we will be installing the basics fortwo targets:
With this hopefully understood a basic set of tools for both targetscan be installed. Note that I use MXE_PLUGIN_DIRS=plugins/gcc10which will allow for the use of gcc 10.x rather than the older, defaultoffering:
I got 2 freshly installed XenServer 7.6 hosts, fully updated. I'm creating Ubuntu 18.04 VM's and despite installing xentools, under the General tab for each of these VM's the virtualization state reads "Install Management Agent".
Needed stuff for installing VMware Server on Slackware 11.0 1. Download VMware Server from VMware.com 2. Extract VMware tools 3. cd vmware-tools directory 4. Create symbolic links to this directory ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc0.d ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc1.d ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc2.d ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc3.d ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc4.d ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc5.d ln -s ..
You have installed vmware tools provided by your ESXi host but you see this message on some servers: "VMware Tools is installed and supported, but a newer version is available on the host."
If you carefully read VMware documentation you will find out they recommend using open-vm-tools instead of VMware tools, as mentioned in the article (link at the end).
Improved stability, automatic updates, smaller footprint, package optimised for each distribution are some of the reason behind this recommendation.
Slackware Linux 9.1Slackware Linux 9.1, released last week, is a pleasant surprise. Gone are the ugly default fonts from version 9.0 and the overall look and feel of both GNOME 2.4 and KDE 3.1.4, as well as half a dozen of other desktop environments is much improved. This is the first time ever that Slackware Linux ships on two installation CDs - despite the developers' best efforts, it is no longer possible to include the latest versions both GNOME and KDE together with a base Linux system on a single CD. The kernel is version 2.4.22 with support for SCSI and ATA RAID volumes, PCMCIA, CardBus, APM for notebooks and USB hotplug. Advanced package management tools for Slackware packages (slackpkg and swaret) are now included in the /extra directory, so keeping a Slackware installation up-to-date with security patches has never been easier. Also worth mentioning is "ZipSlack", claimed to be the fastest Linux installation ever: "ZipSlack provides a basic text-based Linux system as a 41 megabyte ZIP archive. Simply unzip on any FAT or FAT32 partition, edit your boot partition in the LINUX.BAT batch file, and you can be running Linux in less than five minutes." A highly positive early review of Slackware Linux 9.1 has been published by OSNews.SUSE LINUX 9.0SUSE has announced SUSE LINUX 9.0 with general availability on October 24(slightly earlier in Europe). The occasion was accompanied by substantialdesignchanges to SUSE's web sites, its logo, slogan and even the product name- from "SuSE Linux" to "SUSE LINUX": "As part of the overall effortto update our look, it was felt that upper casing all of SUSE LINUX broughtmore attention to the name." SUSE's new slogan is "Simply Change",which is: "on one hand a challenge to switch from monopolisticsoftware to the flexibility of SUSE and on the other signifies how simplethis shift can be."On the technical side of things, the LSB-certified SUSE Linux 9.0 comes with a new NTFS partition resizing tool and a much improved -- especially in terms of compatibility with MS Office -- OpenOffice 1.1 final. The overall theme is that of an easy migration from Windows to Linux, both for home and office users. Other improvements include new features for mobile computer users, where the already excellent range of networking and power management features have been expanded by an increased number of supported Winmodems as well as a "profile manager" with a single-click hardware re-configuration for frequent travelers and commuters. The YaST setup tool now comes with a remote administration feature through a web browser and VNC. Last but not least, SUSE 9.0 also comes in a 64-bitedition for the Athlon 64 PC processor.Mandrake Linux 9.2MandrakeSoft has yet to provide a full release announcement of the upcoming Mandrake Linux 9.2, expected to ship on October 15, but its beta informationpage does give some details of what we can look forward to. Besides theusual range of package updates and a new network profiles manager called"Netprofiles", this version seems to be a consolidation release, with mainimprovements focusing on its look-and-feel, localization and Mandrakeconfiguration utility - DrakConf. Like SUSE, MandrakeSoft has also announced a64-bit edition of Mandrake Linux 9.2 for AMD64 processors and the firstbeta release is now available for download and testing.Technical aspects aside, MandrakeSoft's most significant changes seem to be taking place in the way the company conducts its business. Up until version 9.1, Mandrake Linux ISO images were always available for download immediately after being finalized, and often many weeks before the boxed sets were offered for purchase via Mandrake's online store or traditional software shops. This is no longer the case. Although beta testing of Mandrake Linux 9.2 was completed last week, the product will not be released until boxed sets are manufactured and ready for shipping. Even then, the ISO images will initially be offered exclusively to members of the MandrakeClub and to contributors,with general availability scheduled for the end of November. These measuresare designed to help MandrakeSoft overcome its financial setbacks andensure a speedy recovery. Index entries for this article GuestArticlesBodnar, Ladislav (Log in to post comments) A Feature Tour of New Distribution Releases Posted Oct 6, 2003 15:11 UTC (Mon) by KaiRo (subscriber, #1987) [Link]
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