Teach you how to install Ubuntu system enhancement tools

If you don't install VMware enhancement tools, VMware will often pop up the following interface to prompt you to install enhancement tools.

So what is so special about VMware enhancement tools? In fact, after installing VMwareTools in the VMware virtual machine, you can realize file sharing between the host and the virtual machine. You can drag and drop files freely, which is very convenient. You no longer need to transfer files through remote file transfer tools such as Filezilla and Xftp. File. In addition, the mouse can also move freely between the virtual machine and the host, eliminating the need to press the ctrl+alt key combination, and the virtual machine screen can also be full-screen.

The specific installation process of VMware enhancement tools is as follows.

1、 When the Ubuntu virtual machine is in the shutdown state, when you see the installation prompt of the VMware enhancement tool pop up on the interface, click "Install Tools" at this time, and then click "Turn on the virtual machine" to enter the Ubuntu system.

2、 In addition to the above methods, you can also click the "Virtual Machine" tab in VMwareWorkstation when the Ubuntu virtual machine is off, and then select "Install VMwareTools(T)" as shown in the figure below, and then click "Turn on the virtual machine" ", enter the Ubuntu system.

3、 If the interface shown in the figure below pops up, click "Yes".

4、 After entering the Ubuntu system, click the tab of the CD, and then click VMwareTools, and find the VMware enhancement tool installation package on the right, as shown in the following figure.

5、 Right-click on the VMware enhancement tool installation package and select "copy", as shown in the figure below.

6、 Then enter the home directory of the Ubuntu system, as shown in the following figure, and then right-click and select "paste" to copy the VMware enhancement tool installation package to the home directory.

7、 Select the VMware enhancement tool installation package, and then select "Extracthere (extract to the current folder)", which means to extract to the current folder, as shown in the following figure.

8、 Decompression is in progress, as shown in the figure below.

9、 At this time, there is an additional folder named vmware-tools-distrib in the home directory, as shown in the figure below.

10、 Select the logo in the figure below (the first one in the left interface of Ubuntu), then enter terminal and select the pop-up interface, as shown in the figure below.

11、 After clicking the black box of terminal again, you will enter the command line terminal, as shown in the figure below.

12、 By default, the system enters the home directory, so directly enter the "ls" command to view the folder under the current path, you can see the VMware enhanced tools folder, as shown in the following figure.

13、 Afterwards, use the cd command to open the VMware enhanced tools folder, as shown in the figure below, you can see an executable file named vmware-install.pl, this file is the installation file of the VMware enhanced tools.

14、 Execute the installation command "sudo./vmware-install.pl", enter the password, grant execution permission, and wait for the VMware enhancement tool to be installed, as shown in the following figure. If the asking interface pops up, enter "yes" to install by default, as shown in the red box in the following figure.

15、 In the subsequent installation process, when asked, you can directly press the Enter key, the default means "Yes (confirm)", as shown in the figure below.

16、 If the network speed is stable, the VMware enhancement tool installation process will take about 3 minutes, and finally there will be an enjoy prompt, as shown in the figure below, indicating that the installation is successful.

17、 At this point, you can delete the enhanced toolkit to save some memory space, and then reboot the virtual machine. Remember to reboot, otherwise it will not take effect. Now you can drag and drop files or folders under Windows to Ubuntu system freely, or drag and drop files or folders in Ubuntu system to Windows, which is very convenient, as shown in the figure below.

18、 At this point, the detailed installation tutorial of VMware enhancement tools has been completed, I hope it will be helpful to everyone's learning. Of course, this installation method is not the only one, but this method is definitely quite grounded, and it is quite easy to get started for novices.