

Update : since version 16 of VMware Workstation, the "VM -> Reinstall VMware Tools" option is grayed out after installing the "open-vm-tools" and "open-vm-tools-desktop" packages. With these 2 packages installed in seconds, you'll be able to use almost all the features offered by standard VMware Tools with one exception : VMware file sharing support (available in the virtual machine settings). Installing VMware Tools to support VMware shared folders

Installing packages : open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop Installing VMware Tools to support VMware shared foldersġ.Installing packages : open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop.

Tutorial tested on Debian and Ubuntu 18.04. Nevertheless, on Linux, this is often complicated because you will have to go through the command line. When you want to install VMware Tools on a Windows virtual machine or a Windows Server virtual server with GUI, installing VMware Tools is very easy.
