Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using a Compiler (1018414)

Purpose

This article provides steps to install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using Compiler.

Note: For an overview of installing VMware Tools, see Overview of VMware Tools (340).

Resolution

Note: If your Linux distribution is not RPM-based, has a custom kernel, or is unsupported, use the steps below to compile VMware Tools, otherwise, see Installing VMware Tools in a Linux virtual machine using RPM (1018392).

To install VMware Tools in a Linux guest operating system using Compiler:

Ensure that your Linux virtual machine is powered on.
If you are running a GUI interface, open a command shell.

Note: Log in as a root user, or use the sudo command to complete each of these steps.
Click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > Install/Upgrade VMware Tools.
Click OK.

Note: In some cases, verify that the CDROM device is Connected from within the Edit Settings option of the virtual machine.
To create a mount point, run:

mkdir /mnt/cdrom
To mount the CDROM, run:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
To copy the Compiler gzip tar file to a temporary local directory, run:

cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-version.tar.gz /tmp/

Where version is the VMware Tools package version.
To determine the version of VMware tools, run:

ls /mnt/cdrom

You see output similar to:

# VMwareTools-5.0.0-12124.tar.gz
To change to the tmp directory and extract the contents of the tar file into a new directory called vmware-tools-distrib, run:

cd /tmp
tar -zxvf VMwareTools-version.tar.gz
To change directory to vmware-tools-distrib and run the vmware-install.pl PERL script to install VMware Tools, run:

cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

Notes:
- Complete the screen prompts to install the VMware Tools. Options in square brackets are default choices and can be selected by pressing Enter.
- To compile VMware Tools successfully, you need gcc Compiler and Linux Kernel sources provided by your Linux distribution. Consult your Linux distribution documentation for details on methods to install these packages.
- It is normal for the console screen to go blank for a short time during the installation when the display size changes.
- Some warnings or errors are normal, like when a files does not exist.
- Depending on the Linux distribution, your network service might restart after installation. VMware recommends that you invoke this command from the console and not remotely.
If you are running a GUI interface, restart your X Window session for any mouse or graphics changes to take effect.
To start VMware Tools running in the background during an X Window session, run:

/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox &
Depending on your environment, you may need to unmount the CD-ROM. To unmount the CD-ROM, run:

umount /mnt/cdrom
Depending on your environment, you may need to manually end the VMware Tools installation. To end the VMware Tools install, click VM in the virtual machine menu, then click Guest > End VMware Tools Install.
To remove VMware Tools installation packages, run:

cd
rm /tmp/VMwareTools-version.tar.gz
rm -rf /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib

Additional Information

For general VMware Tools installation information, see General VMware Tools installation instructions (1014294).

If you experience a symbolic link creation error during installation, see Unable to create the symbolic link when installing VMware Tools in Linux (2010580).

If you are running an unsupported distribution or using an unsupported kernel version and are not able to compile modules or install VMware Tools, VMware recommends that you explore the VMware community support forums. There are regular discussions on the forums about the latest development kernels and workarounds for building VMware Tools modules.

VMware tools can be uninstalled using the /usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl script. For related information, see Installing VMware Tools in vSphere (2004754).

Note: VMware Tools no longer includes drivers for x Server 1.8 or higher. Ensure that these SVGA and mouse drivers are installed before installing VMware Tools:

xorg-x11-drv-vmware
xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse

If the drivers are not installed, VMware Tools installation will skip the x Windows configuration.

For translated versions of this article, see:

Update History

 01/27/2012 - Added link, Unable to create symbolic link when installing VMware Tools in Linux
03/12/2012 - Added ESX/ESXi 4.1 and 5.0 to product list
12/06/2012 - Added new Step 7
03/19/2013 - Added note about installing SVGA and mouse drivers for x Windows to the additional information section
03/12/2015 - Added ESXi 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0  

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I found this site has lots of good information on how to release and renew your IP address and default gateway.

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Linux Force DHCP Client (dhclient) to Renew IP Address

by VIVEK GITE on NOVEMBER 15, 2007 last updated MAY 12, 2015

in CENTOS, DEBIAN / UBUNTU, LINUX, NETWORKING, REDHAT AND FRIENDS

I'm using Ubuntu Linux. How to force Linux to reacquire a new IP address from the DHCP server? What is the command in Linux equivalent to Windows' "ipconfig /renew" command?

You need to use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client i.e. dhclient command. The client normally doesn't release the current lease as it is not required by the DHCP protocol. Some cable ISPs require their clients to notify the server if they wish to release an assigned IP address.

The dhclient command, provides a means for configuring one or more network interfaces using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, BOOTP protocol, or if these protocols fail, by statically assigning an address.

Linux renew ip command

The -r flag explicitly releases the current lease, and once the lease has been released, the client exits. For example, open terminal and type the command:
$ sudo dhclient -r
Now obtain fresh IP:
$ sudo dhclient

How can I renew or release an IP in Linux for eth0?

To renew or release an IP address for the eth0 interface, enter:

$ sudo dhclient -r eth0
$ sudo dhclient eth0

In this example, I am renewing an IP address for my wireless interface:

 
sudo dhclient -v -r eth0
sudo dhclient -v eth0

Sample outputs:

Fig.01: Renew DHCP address example

The -v option shows information on screen about dhcp server and obtained lease.

Other options in Linux to renew dhcp

There is no need to restart network service. Above command should work with any Linux distro such as RHEL, Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu and others. On a related note you can also try out the following commands:

# ifdown eth0
# ifup eth0
### RHEL/CentOS/Fedora specific command ###
# /etc/init.d/network restart

### Debian / Ubuntu Linux specific command ###
# /etc/init.d/networking restart

nmcli command (NetworkManager) to renew IP address in Linux

The NetworkManager daemon attempts to make networking configuration and operation as painless and automatic as possible by managing the primary network connection and other network interfaces, like Ethernet, WiFi, and Mobile Broadband devices command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager. The nmcli is a command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager and getting its status. To renew IP address using nmcli for connection named 'nixcraft_5G' (use 'nmcli con' command to get list of all connections):

 
nmcli con
nmcli con down id 'nixcraft_5G'
nmcli con up id 'nixcraft_5G'

Sample outputs:

Fig.02: nmcli command in action

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