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neutrinoguy/vmware_tools_install.sh

Created March 31, 2019 12:54
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Tiny dirty script to install VMware tools on Ubuntu/Debian desktops/servers.
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vmware_tools_install.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "This will install VMWare tools. First of all Click on VM > Install/Re-install VMWare tools."
sleep 10
echo "Installing dependencies."
sudo apt install gcc binutils make -y
sudo mkdir /mnt/cdrom
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/
tar xzvf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-* -C /tmp/
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d
echo "Rebooting Server..."
sudo reboot
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