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run-vmwaretools.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Make VMWare Tools Install for new VMs. Run once on boot.
# Only run this after you've mounted the VMWare tools on CD.
mkdir /vmwaretools
cd /vmwaretools
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
tar xzf /mnt/VMwareTools*
umount /mnt
apt-get update
apt-get install gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r)
cd /vmwaretools/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
rm -rf /vmwaretools/vmware-tools-distrib
# Reboot to get the machine running tools.
shutdown -r now
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