Install VMware tools on Ubuntu server

Environment：Ubuntu server 12.04 LTS
Require：build-essential、linux-headers-server

Install VMware tools steps：

1. Attach media.

VM -> Install/Upgrade VMware tools

2. Create a mount point if doesn't exist.

$ mkdir /mnt/cdrom

3. Mount cdrom.

$ mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

4. Change directory to mount point.

$ cd /mnt/cdrom

5. Copy VMware tools TAR file to /tmp

$ cp VM*.tar.gz /tmp

6.Change directory to /tmp

$ cd /tmp

7. Extract TAR

$ tar -xzvf VM*.tar.gz

8. Change directory to vmware-tools-distrib

$ cd ./vmware-tools-distrib

9. Run install script (with -d option to auto answer questions)

$ ./vmware-install.pl -d

10. Reboot

$ reboot