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We don't include all the prerequisites for VMWare tools in our repository. Here's what you have to do: | We don't include all the prerequisites for VMWare tools in our repository. Here's what you have to do: | ||
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| − | <li> | + | <li>To install the VMWare guest tools temporarily, add a line like this to /etc/apt/sources.list (or create a debian.list file in the |
| + | /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ sub-directory): | ||
:<tt>deb http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free</tt> | :<tt>deb http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free</tt> | ||
:<tt>deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib</tt> | :<tt>deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib</tt> | ||
| − | (You can use a closer Debian mirror than 'debian.mirror.iweb.ca' if you know of one.) | + | (If the curent sources.list file uses squeeze instead of wheezy, adjust |
| − | <li>Run: apt-get update | + | accordingly or CanIt will break! In addition, You can use a closer Debian mirror than 'debian.mirror.iweb.ca' if you know of one.) |
| − | + | <li>Run: apt-get update; apt-get install open-vm-tools | |
| − | <li>Once you're done, we recommend commenting out the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list to avoid any surprises in a future dist-upgrade. | + | <li>Once you're done, we recommend commenting out the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list, or if you used /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list, to avoid any surprises in a future dist-upgrade. |
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Revision as of 10:45, 27 January 2015
We don't include all the prerequisites for VMWare tools in our repository. Here's what you have to do:
- To install the VMWare guest tools temporarily, add a line like this to /etc/apt/sources.list (or create a debian.list file in the
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ sub-directory):
- deb http://debian.mirror.iweb.ca/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
- deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
- Run: apt-get update; apt-get install open-vm-tools
- Once you're done, we recommend commenting out the lines in /etc/apt/sources.list, or if you used /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list, to avoid any surprises in a future dist-upgrade.
