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Thursday, May 3, 2018

reinstall vmware tools greyed out ?

 Do you see that the reinstall vmware tools option is greyed out on your vmware guest machine ? 
shortest way to fix, for a linux guest, on a windows host, was -  
  1. create dvd/cd 
  2. set it to mount the relevant guest additions -
    C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\linux.iso
    #Stressing again, this path was relevant for a windows host and a linux guest. 
  3. now boot up.
    note: This can be done with guest up or down, but i prefer, considering possible client distress, do to it "properly" with client down and being rebooted after hardware connected... it appears to be NOT NECESSARY for most modern clients) 


now you can install guest addition in your preferred way. 
my way: 
1) mkdir /tmp/1
2) sudo mount /dev/sr0 /tmp/1
3) mkdir /tmp/2
4) cd /tmp/2
5) tar xvf ../1/VMWareTools-xxx-version-number-xxx.tar.gz 
6) cd vmware-tools-distrib 
7) sudo ./vmware-install.pl --default 

now be sure to set your preferred guest addition prefernces (shared folders, copy&paste, etc) 





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