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I installed UBUNTU with Vmware Player on my Windows 7 system. For some reason Vmware Player cannot get the Vmware Tools files from internet, possibly a connection problem due to firewall limitations. I want to get the Vmware Tools files in compressed format if there is any, and then manually install it. Two questions: 1- Is there a link where i can download Vmware Tools files? 2- How do i install it manually? I'm using Vmware Player on a Windows 7 system. And if i download it, which folder should i unzip the contents? As you know, UBUNTU runs on a virtual disk, and to copy files on this disk i guess i have to use Vmware Tools. But i don't have it already. Please help!

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Here are three steps I used to install the VMWare Tools. I got the steps from Ubuntu help.

install kernel headers so modules will work

needed this on a 10.04 guest running in a Fusion 3 host

apt-get install linux-headers-virtual

install kernel modules

apt-get install --no-install-recommends open-vm-dkms

EITHER: install tools for an xorg install

apt-get install open-vm-tools

OR: a headless install

apt-get install --no-install-recommends open-vm-tools

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