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This installs vmwaretools on ubuntu and expecting the tools to be mounted via the GUI of vmware fusion / player
# usage curl -s https://gist.github.com/ptomasroos/8914609/raw/ | sudo sh
# !! make sure you have the vmware tools mounted all ready through the UI
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-generic build-essential
cd /media/VMware\ Tools/
sudo cp VM*.tar.gz /tmp
cd /tmp
sudo tar -xzvf VM*.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d
sudo reboot
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Tried with latest lts ubuntu 12.04.4

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