How to install VMWare Tools on Ubuntu (tested on Ubuntu 8.10 and 8.04 LTS) in a rush:

• Within your VMWare Infrastructure Client or WebGUI do a “Install VMWare Tools”
• VMWare will provide a ISO Image with the VMWare Tools to the Virtual Machine
• SSH to the Ubuntu Server you want the VMWare Tools be installed
• OPTIONAL but prefered:

  sudo su -
  aptitude update
  aptitude full-upgrade

• do the following steps as root or prefix a sudo:

  aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
  mount /dev/cdrom
  cd /media/cdrom0/
  cp VMwareTools-2.0.0-122956.tar.gz /usr/src/
  cd /usr/src/
  tar xfzv VMwareTools-2.0.0-122956.tar.gz
  cd vmware-tools-distrib/
  ./vmware-install.pl
  # answer the question via defaults
  init 6

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