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Installing VMware Tools manually from the ISO image (1003910) Last Updated: 9/28/2012 Categories: Troubleshooting. VMware Tools installation errors before completion. VMware Tools installation fails to complete. Unable to complete VMwareTools installation. Download CentOS VM virtual machine (VHD, VDI, VMDK) images for VMware and VirtualBox and run CentOS inside your primary operating system.

This procedure installs the open source version of VMware Tools (open-vm-tools) and then compiles and installs the HGFS driver which allows use of VMware's native shared folder support. It is specifically for use with the official CentOS Vagrant boxes published at https://app.vagrantup.com/centos.

Requirements

• Most versions of VMware and Vagrant should work with these instructions. The latest version of the Vagrant VMware plugin should always be used.

Tested versions (MacOS)

Windows support

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This procedure is no longer tested directly on a Windows host.

The steps have remained largely unchanged for several years, and are expected to remain valid until at least the next major release of RHEL/CentOS.

Host preparation

• Copy the VMware Tools installer from the VMware application folder to the guest. The default locations for the installer are:
  • /Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/linux.iso (MacOS)
  • C:Program Files (x86)VMwareVMware Workstationlinux.iso (Windows)
• Use vagrant rsync (MacOS) or a SMB synced folder (Windows) to copy the iso into the guest's /vagrant directory

Commands to run within Vagrant guest

Update and reboot (if needed)

This is only required if the kernel has been updated since the box was released, so that the kernel-devel package matches the running kernel version

Install the EPEL repository (CentOS 6 only)

Install the open source tools package

This provides all VMware functionality except for the HGFS driver required for synced folders:

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Install build dependencies

Mount the installer iso and extract it to /tmp

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Install VMware Tools

Both --force-install and --default are required to avoid prompting, as we have already installed open-vm-tools. See https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2126368 for more details:

Cleanup

Create a new shared folder using VMware shared folders

It currently isn't possible to override the default rsync synced_folder for /vagrant (this is a known issue). As a workaround, use a different name for the mount point in the guest, by adding a line like this to the Vagrantfile before the final end:

Restart the VM and test

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