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Created May 26, 2015 16:27
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Enable VMWare Fusion 7 Shared Folders on Fedora 21
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vmware_fusion_fedora_shares.sh
#!/usr/bin/bash
# Before running this script, select "Reinstall VMware Tools" for
# the guest VM and then mount the vmware tools CD.
# Install the proper kernel headers for the OS
sudo yum install "kernel-devel-uname-r == $(uname -r)"
# Place the tools into a working directory and unmount the CD
cp "/run/media/$USER/VMware Tools/VMwareTools-9.9.2-2496486.tar.gz" ~/.
cd ~
tar -xzvf VMwareTools-9.9.2-2496486.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib/
eject
# Run the install and answer wizard questions
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
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