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Installed a new vmware player 15.5.1 on win10 pro, using guest linux/unbuntu 18.04 server

Trying to get to install the vmware tools (not sure what options I may have selected when I installed the work station). But the install vmware tools menu is disabled. When I run my VM get the re-install menu that too is disabled.

Tried manual install of vmware tools - but that also did not do the trick:

apt-get install open-vm-tools
apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktapop
systemctl status open-vm-tools
sudo shutdown -r now  
ps  | grep vmtoolsd

How do I fix this. (just start over with fresh install and all that or try use some other player (!?))

Sam-T
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I did not get any response here and could not figure it out - tried many options. (same problem with VirtualBox)
But the good news, at least from cut-n-paste perspective- use alternate client. You can use ssh to login into the machine using your favorite tool - putty or even cmd will work. This actually is a better solution - no need to muck with mouse capture and all that.

So just setup a ssh server
sudo apt update sudo apt install openssh-server sudo systemctl status ssh
Active: active (running)

Open firewall
sudo ufw allow ssh

Check IP address
ip a

SSH in with PUtty or Cmd or ..
ssh username@ip_address

You are Done - will work like a charm

Note: This ssh works only from local host as the VM only has Pvt IP. If you can create public IP on VM (that is another arduous adventure - still working on it) - you will be able to remote ssh

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