How To Install VMware Tools In Mandriva Linux One 2009

By Philip C. Paradis
January 26, 2009

Before installing VMware Tools, you'll need to make sure a few prerequisite packages are intalled first. Open up a terminal, and execute the following (the urpmi command must go on one line):

su - root
urpmi kernel-`uname -r | cut -d- -f 2`-devel-`uname -r | cut -d- -f 1` \ 
      glibc-devel libstdc++-devel gcc gcc-c++ make patch flex bison \ 
      libncurses-devel

After the packages are installed, reboot to be sure you're using the most recently installed kernel. Next, log back into your virtual machine. Select "Install VMware Tools" in your server console. The tools CD image will be mounted inside your virtual machine. From a console shell (not an SSH session, as networking will be restarted), execute the following commands:

su - root
cp /media/VMware\ Tools/VMwareTools*gz /root/
cd /root
tar xvfz VMwareTools*gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
/etc/init.d/network stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/network start
ifconfig

That should do it. Please feel free to ask for help via email if you need it.