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HOW TO INSTALL VMWARE TOOLS IN SOLARIS


After installation of Solaris10 x86 thru VMWare Fusion (3.0+), you have to install the vmware tools in Solaris.


1. Startup the Solaris 10 and login as root with selection of your GUI

   environment (CDE or Java Desktop).

2. At the VMWare menu, select Virtual Machine -> Install VMWare Tools.

   This will mount a cdrom with the file vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz

   

3. Copy the file to your working directory.

   # cp vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz /dsk0

   

4. Unzip the file.

   # cd /dsk0

   # gunzip vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz

   

5. Expand the tar file.

   # tar -xvf vmware-solaris-tools.tar

   

6. Run the installer.

   # cd vmware-tools-distrib

   # ./vmware-install.pl

   

   Follow and respond to the prompts.

             

You can run the vmware tools by invoking /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox on your xsession.

   

NOTE:

       

       Java Lauch -> Preferences -> Desktop Preferences -> Sessions

       Select tab Startup Program -> [add]

    

       ORDER  COMMAND

       50     /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox

       51     /usr/bin/vmware-user

    

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