installing VMwareTools

First download the VMwareTools file from the below location:

https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=529&downloadGroup=VMTOOLS1006

Now follow these steps after copying the VMWareTools file to  /tmp directory

tar -xvzf VMwareTools-xxxxxx.tar.gz

cd vmware-tools-distrib/

./vmware-install.pl


at this point just follow the instructions till you get this message

Enjoy,

--the VMware team