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Faszikam
Asked: 2010-11-13 04:28:50 +0800 CST

How do I install Parallels Tools via the command line?

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I have Ubuntu Server 10.10 running on Parallels 6 (latest update from yesterday) on my iMac. I click on the Install Parallels Tools in the Parallels Desktop Menu, but do not see where what I think should be the file prl-tools-lin.iso is placed.

Don't understand whether the warning that I may have to do mount -o exec applies to me or not. Think I might be able to mount and run the .iso file, if I can locate it. Any ideas?

10.10 server command-line virtualization parallels

4 Answers

  1. I have solved this issue with Ubuntu Server 18.04 as follows:

    1) Click "Update Parallels tools" (upper right corner of the parallels virtual machine window)

    2) Log in and then give the commands:

    $ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
$ cd /media/cdrom
$ sudo ./install

    If, when mounting the CD-ROM, you get the error:

    mount: /media/cdrom: unknown filesystem type 'iso9660'

    you can fix this using:

    $ sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-$(uname -r)
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  2. With Parallels 10.1.1 and Ubuntu 14.04 using the menu entry Actions -> Install parallels tools... did not mount the installer in /media/parallels. Trying sudo updatedb; locate prl-tools-lin.iso also returned an empty result.

    The solution is to cd /usr/lib/parallels-tools then sudo ./install, which will execute the text installer. Incidentally sudo ./install-gui (from the same directory) will execute the GUI installer (requires X server).

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  3. To find a file on your compute you can use the built in index, from a command line:

    sudo updatedb; locate prl-tools-lin.iso

    But really to answer this question we need to go to the guides:

    Select Actions -> Install parallels tools...
In a terminal, enter:
cd /media/Parallels\ Tools/
sudo sh parallels-tools.run

    If this fails to work then you can get the iso file and mount it manually like so:

    sudo mount -o loop /path/to/prl-tools-lin.iso /mnt

    Don't forget to unmount it when you're finished:

    sudo umount /mnt

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  4. If you're using Parallels 6+ instead of typing: "sudo sh parallels-tools.run" you will probably need to type "sudo sh install" without the quotation marks.

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