Installing VMwareTools on Ubuntu

Here you can find how to install VMware tools in Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Tools


# install kernel modules
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends open-vm-dkms
# EITHER: install tools for an xorg install
#apt-get install open-vm-tools
# OR: a headless install
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends open-vm-tools