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  • Fedora 19 and later releases

  • Debian 7.x and later releases

  • openSUSE 11.x and later releases

  • Recent Ubuntu releases (12.04 LTS, 13.10 and later)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 and later releases

  • CentOS 7.0 and later releases

  • Oracle Linux 7.0 and later releases

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 and later releases

  • FreeBSD 10.0 and later releases

Step-by-step guide

  1. Uninstall current version of VMware Tools. For instructions follow this VMware KB Article 

  2. Install Open VM Tools (open-vm-tools) via the OS package manager or by following Guest Operating System Installation Guide. Examples:

    1. Ubuntu/Debian

      Code Block
      apt install open-vm-tools
    2. FreeBSD

      Code Block
      pkg install open-vm-tools-nox11
    3. PhotonOS

      Code Block
      tdnf install -y open-vm-tools
    4. RedHat/CentOS/AlmaLinux/RockyLinux

      Code Block
      # install
      yum -y install open-vm-tools
      
      # start
      systemctl start vmtoolsd.service
      
      # enable
      systemctl enable vmtoolsd.service

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