sudo -i apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install build-essential binutils linux-headers-$(uname -r) mount /dev/scd0 /cdrom cp -a /cdrom/VMwareTools* /tmp/ cd /tmp/ tar -vxzf VMwareTools*.gz cd vmware-tools-distrib/ ./vmware-install.pl -d CD-ROM mount point may vary. Accept all defaults for vmware-install perl script. See this for more details.
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