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Installing vmware tools into Damn Small Linux - DSL

I am attempting to install vmware-tools into a DSL virtual machine and I am having a great problem.

How can I install vmware tools into this version of Linux.
What are the steps and commands. ?

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

is there a version of VMware Tools available?

Are Open VM Tools available ?

see my EE Article as an example

HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Linux on a VMware Linux virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server

Bob Brown

ASKER

Hi Andrew

I have already tried several open vmware tools open iso's from vmware, and it did not fix the problem.
Several chat groups do not like DSL and it appears Damn Small Linux is not stable as a vm in vSphere or VMware Workstation
and it takes a lot of messing around for DSL to get it to work, and I just don't have that amount of time since I am trying to finish a vmlab.

However I may be able to substitute Xubuntu which is a lot easier to install vmware tools using apt-get and possibly GNU\Linux .

I wish people who use these flavors of Linux like DSL would stop because it's Not going any place, its not even a good learning tool, and only stay with what is already proven.

Thanks Just the same. And have a great day

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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Bob Brown

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That sounds like a Great Idea. However I do have to think of a nice way to tell the instructor of the course.