In the full version of VMware, the VMware tools will be installed by default.However, we also should know how to install it on command. And this page instructs how to install the VMware Tools in the Ubuntu server.

• Mount the VMware tools ISO

Use the command:

//mount the cdrom 
Ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 
mount: /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only

//check the package name 
Ubuntu:~$ ls /mnt/cdrom
1.txt      VMwareTools-xx.x.xx-xxxxxxxx.tar.gz       vmware-tools-upgrader-64

For we can only read files from the cdrom, we should copy the tar.gz to another folder next.

• Unpack the file

Use the command:

Ubuntu:~$ cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-xx.x.xx-xxxxxxxx.tar.gz /mnt

to copy the taz.gz to another folder so that we can unpack it.
Then use the command:

Ubuntu:~$ tar -zxvf VMwareTools-xx.x.xx-xxxxxxxx.tar.gz

to unpack it.

• Install the VMware tools

After unpacking the tar.gz, a new folder vmware-tools-distrib will be created, then use the command:

Ubuntu:~$ cd /mnt/vmware-tools-distrib
Ubuntu:~$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl

and keep to press the Enter to finish the installation.

• Configure the VMware tools ISO

(Optional: If you can not mount the ISO successfully, try this step)
In the VIRTUAL MACHINE OPTIONS, Select the two options: