====== Installing VMware Tools in Fedora 10 ======
===== Author(s) =====
Bill Giannikos
===== Introduction =====
In this guide we will be going through the process of correctly installing VMware Tools in Fedora 10. This guide assumes you have already [[Running Linux under VMWare Workstation|installed VMware Workstation]], have [[Installing Fedora 10|installed Fedora 10]] as a guest and have installed all the latest system updates for the guest.
===== Installing VMware Tools =====
==== Preparing your system ====
To begin, unmount and eject any CD/DVD currently connected to your guest. If you have a CD/DVD mounted to your guest you will see a CD icon on your desktop, just right click on this and press eject.
==== Installing the tools ====
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Now in VMware Workstation go up to the VM menu item and then select **Install VMware Tools...**.


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After a few seconds you will have this window pop up. Double click on the item which ends in .rpm (in this version of VMware Tools it is VMwareTools-7.8.4-126130.i386.rpm)


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You will now see this windows. Click **Install**. You will be asked for your root password, type it in and press **Authenticate**.


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After a little while you will see this window. Don't worry about this message and just press **Force install**. You will be asked for your root password again, type it in and press **Authenticate**.


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The installation of VMware Tools will now commence and take about 3 minutes to complete. After installation is finished you will see the message above. Click **Close**.


===== Configuring VMware Tools =====
The above section went though the process of installing the tools but now we need to configure them for the system.

We now need a terminal window to enter a few commands. Go to **Applications** at the top left of your guest, then **System tools** and then click on **Terminal**.

First we need to switch to the root user, type in the following:
<code>
su -
</code>
You will be asked for your root password, type it in and press enter.

Now we need to install the kernel development packages. Type in the following line:
<code>
yum -y install gcc kernel-devel patch make
</code>
This will install the required packages which we need.

Now we are ready to install the VMware Tools configuration utility. Type in the following commands:
<code>vmware-config-tools.pl</code>

During configuration you can press enter to all the options except when you get down to the display size option. Because of the way Fedora 10 now works this section will fail. However Fedora 10 automatically takes care of the configuration so there is no need to worry about this. Just enter any resolution here and continue, it wont mean anything.

===== Enabling VMware Tools on startup =====
To complete the installation we need to tell Fedora to load VMware tools on startup.

Go up to **System** at the top of your screen, then select **Preferences**, then select **Personal** and then click on **Sessions**.


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You will now be presented with this window. Click on the **Add** button.


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You will be presented with the **Add Startup Program** window. Enter the details as they appear in the screenshot above and then click on **Add**. Then click on **Close** on the Sessions window.

And finally restart your computer. 
===== Conclusion =====
VMware Tools is now installed and your guest is fully configured to run as a virtual machine. Please note however that if Fedora release an updated kernel you will need to run the **vmware-tools-config.pl** program again.