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JanezKranjski
Asked: 2014-07-23 00:11:43 +0800 CST

vmware tools installation problem

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I just installed XUbuntu on my Vmware Workstation. After I saw, that I can't change display settings (resolution), I try to install VMware Tools. But - after I run vmware-install.pl, I get a message:

The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were 
not installed by the VMware Installer. Please remove them then run this
installer again.

vmci
Execution aborted.

What can I do?

vmware-tools

2 Answers

  1. This is what I did for Ubuntu 16.04:

    sudo apt remove --auto-remove open-vm-tools
sudo apt purge open-vm-tools

    It complained about not being able to delete a directory since it is not empty so I manually removed one file that resides in that directory using:

    sudo rm /etc/vmware-tools/scripts/vmware/network.old.0

    And now you can run vmware-install.pl again.

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  2. You're almost there. You need to run the command with the ./, so just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

    sudo ./vmware-install.pl

    Also see if open-vm-tools are installed. Remove with the below command

    sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools

    As a last resort, delete the .vmware folder from your home folder, reboot your machine, and try installing vmware tools again.

    Edit

    Try the following command: sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl

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