VMware Tools installed but not working on Kali Linux
I've successfully installed VMwareTools-10.0.5-3228253.tar.gz on Kali Linux rolling release 2016.1.
I extracted it onto the desktop in a new folder
I opened the folder
I opened terminal in that folder and wrote:
./vmware-install.pl
I followed the installation steps until it finished
It told me that the tools installed successfully
I restarted the VM
After I had restarted the VM, I found that VMware Tools didn't work. I am now unable to copy/paste anything between my Windows 10 host and my Kali Linux guest on VMware Workstation 12.
How can I fix this?
vmware-workstation kali-linux
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I've successfully installed VMwareTools-10.0.5-3228253.tar.gz on Kali Linux rolling release 2016.1.
I extracted it onto the desktop in a new folder
I opened the folder
I opened terminal in that folder and wrote:
./vmware-install.pl
I followed the installation steps until it finished
It told me that the tools installed successfully
I restarted the VM
After I had restarted the VM, I found that VMware Tools didn't work. I am now unable to copy/paste anything between my Windows 10 host and my Kali Linux guest on VMware Workstation 12.
How can I fix this?
vmware-workstation kali-linux
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:13
3498DB
15.7k114762
asked Apr 9 '16 at 18:14
Abdelsamea Ashraf
114
Can you clarify your question? How is each set up; how are you trying to share files; what, precisely, works and doesn't work; and what are the symptoms when it doesn't work?
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 18:30
I cannot copy or share files between kali linux and my windows although I followed the installation steps and it told me that tools installed succefully but when I tryed copy files from windows to kali it didnot work
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 9 '16 at 19:05
This really just repeats what's in your question. Without the details of exactly what you set up and how you're trying to do it, people can only guess at what the problem might be.
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 19:21
@fixer1234 do you understand now ?
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 10 '16 at 13:31
One purpose of a VM is to isolate the guest from the host. You aren't supposed to be able to freely copy and paste anywhere unless you provide for that. You don't mention anything about configuring your virtual machine settings to enable shared folders or specifying which directories on your system are to be shared. You don't mention whether you're sharing or mirroring folders. If you haven't configured that, it's working the way it's supposed to by not letting you copy and paste across the boundary. The VMware tools just help do some things and improve behavior after the setup is done.
– fixer1234
Apr 10 '16 at 17:11
|
show 3 more comments
I've successfully installed VMwareTools-10.0.5-3228253.tar.gz on Kali Linux rolling release 2016.1.
I extracted it onto the desktop in a new folder
I opened the folder
I opened terminal in that folder and wrote:
./vmware-install.pl
I followed the installation steps until it finished
It told me that the tools installed successfully
I restarted the VM
After I had restarted the VM, I found that VMware Tools didn't work. I am now unable to copy/paste anything between my Windows 10 host and my Kali Linux guest on VMware Workstation 12.
How can I fix this?
vmware-workstation kali-linux
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:13
3498DB
15.7k114762
asked Apr 9 '16 at 18:14
Abdelsamea Ashraf
114
I've successfully installed VMwareTools-10.0.5-3228253.tar.gz on Kali Linux rolling release 2016.1.
I extracted it onto the desktop in a new folder
I opened the folder
I opened terminal in that folder and wrote:
./vmware-install.pl
I followed the installation steps until it finished
It told me that the tools installed successfully
I restarted the VM
After I had restarted the VM, I found that VMware Tools didn't work. I am now unable to copy/paste anything between my Windows 10 host and my Kali Linux guest on VMware Workstation 12.
How can I fix this?
vmware-workstation kali-linux
vmware-workstation kali-linux
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:13
3498DB
15.7k114762
asked Apr 9 '16 at 18:14
Abdelsamea Ashraf
114
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:13
3498DB
15.7k114762
asked Apr 9 '16 at 18:14
Abdelsamea Ashraf
114
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:13
3498DB
15.7k114762
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:13
3498DB
15.7k114762
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:13
3498DB
15.7k114762
15.7k114762
asked Apr 9 '16 at 18:14
Abdelsamea Ashraf
114
asked Apr 9 '16 at 18:14
Abdelsamea Ashraf
114
asked Apr 9 '16 at 18:14
Abdelsamea Ashraf
114
114
Can you clarify your question? How is each set up; how are you trying to share files; what, precisely, works and doesn't work; and what are the symptoms when it doesn't work?
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 18:30
I cannot copy or share files between kali linux and my windows although I followed the installation steps and it told me that tools installed succefully but when I tryed copy files from windows to kali it didnot work
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 9 '16 at 19:05
This really just repeats what's in your question. Without the details of exactly what you set up and how you're trying to do it, people can only guess at what the problem might be.
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 19:21
@fixer1234 do you understand now ?
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 10 '16 at 13:31
One purpose of a VM is to isolate the guest from the host. You aren't supposed to be able to freely copy and paste anywhere unless you provide for that. You don't mention anything about configuring your virtual machine settings to enable shared folders or specifying which directories on your system are to be shared. You don't mention whether you're sharing or mirroring folders. If you haven't configured that, it's working the way it's supposed to by not letting you copy and paste across the boundary. The VMware tools just help do some things and improve behavior after the setup is done.
– fixer1234
Apr 10 '16 at 17:11
|
show 3 more comments
Can you clarify your question? How is each set up; how are you trying to share files; what, precisely, works and doesn't work; and what are the symptoms when it doesn't work?
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 18:30
I cannot copy or share files between kali linux and my windows although I followed the installation steps and it told me that tools installed succefully but when I tryed copy files from windows to kali it didnot work
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 9 '16 at 19:05
This really just repeats what's in your question. Without the details of exactly what you set up and how you're trying to do it, people can only guess at what the problem might be.
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 19:21
@fixer1234 do you understand now ?
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 10 '16 at 13:31
One purpose of a VM is to isolate the guest from the host. You aren't supposed to be able to freely copy and paste anywhere unless you provide for that. You don't mention anything about configuring your virtual machine settings to enable shared folders or specifying which directories on your system are to be shared. You don't mention whether you're sharing or mirroring folders. If you haven't configured that, it's working the way it's supposed to by not letting you copy and paste across the boundary. The VMware tools just help do some things and improve behavior after the setup is done.
– fixer1234
Apr 10 '16 at 17:11
Can you clarify your question? How is each set up; how are you trying to share files; what, precisely, works and doesn't work; and what are the symptoms when it doesn't work?
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 18:30
Can you clarify your question? How is each set up; how are you trying to share files; what, precisely, works and doesn't work; and what are the symptoms when it doesn't work?
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 18:30
I cannot copy or share files between kali linux and my windows although I followed the installation steps and it told me that tools installed succefully but when I tryed copy files from windows to kali it didnot work
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 9 '16 at 19:05
I cannot copy or share files between kali linux and my windows although I followed the installation steps and it told me that tools installed succefully but when I tryed copy files from windows to kali it didnot work
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 9 '16 at 19:05
This really just repeats what's in your question. Without the details of exactly what you set up and how you're trying to do it, people can only guess at what the problem might be.
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 19:21
This really just repeats what's in your question. Without the details of exactly what you set up and how you're trying to do it, people can only guess at what the problem might be.
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 19:21
@fixer1234 do you understand now ?
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 10 '16 at 13:31
@fixer1234 do you understand now ?
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 10 '16 at 13:31
One purpose of a VM is to isolate the guest from the host. You aren't supposed to be able to freely copy and paste anywhere unless you provide for that. You don't mention anything about configuring your virtual machine settings to enable shared folders or specifying which directories on your system are to be shared. You don't mention whether you're sharing or mirroring folders. If you haven't configured that, it's working the way it's supposed to by not letting you copy and paste across the boundary. The VMware tools just help do some things and improve behavior after the setup is done.
– fixer1234
Apr 10 '16 at 17:11
One purpose of a VM is to isolate the guest from the host. You aren't supposed to be able to freely copy and paste anywhere unless you provide for that. You don't mention anything about configuring your virtual machine settings to enable shared folders or specifying which directories on your system are to be shared. You don't mention whether you're sharing or mirroring folders. If you haven't configured that, it's working the way it's supposed to by not letting you copy and paste across the boundary. The VMware tools just help do some things and improve behavior after the setup is done.
– fixer1234
Apr 10 '16 at 17:11
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In Kali Linux 2016 you have to install open-vm-tools instead of vmware-guest-tools.
To have drag and drop, copy and paste and screen resolution working correctly you need to follow these steps:
Add the Kali 2016 repositories to
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
Run these commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse
reboot
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In Kali Linux 2016 you have to install open-vm-tools instead of vmware-guest-tools.
To have drag and drop, copy and paste and screen resolution working correctly you need to follow these steps:
Add the Kali 2016 repositories to
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
Run these commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse
reboot
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In Kali Linux 2016 you have to install open-vm-tools instead of vmware-guest-tools.
To have drag and drop, copy and paste and screen resolution working correctly you need to follow these steps:
Add the Kali 2016 repositories to
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
Run these commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse
reboot
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:12
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answered Oct 31 '16 at 15:47
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In Kali Linux 2016 you have to install open-vm-tools instead of vmware-guest-tools.
To have drag and drop, copy and paste and screen resolution working correctly you need to follow these steps:
Add the Kali 2016 repositories to
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
Run these commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse
reboot
edited Oct 31 '16 at 16:12
3498DB
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answered Oct 31 '16 at 15:47
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In Kali Linux 2016 you have to install open-vm-tools instead of vmware-guest-tools.
To have drag and drop, copy and paste and screen resolution working correctly you need to follow these steps:
Add the Kali 2016 repositories to
/etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
Run these commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktop fuse
reboot
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Can you clarify your question? How is each set up; how are you trying to share files; what, precisely, works and doesn't work; and what are the symptoms when it doesn't work?
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 18:30
I cannot copy or share files between kali linux and my windows although I followed the installation steps and it told me that tools installed succefully but when I tryed copy files from windows to kali it didnot work
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 9 '16 at 19:05
This really just repeats what's in your question. Without the details of exactly what you set up and how you're trying to do it, people can only guess at what the problem might be.
– fixer1234
Apr 9 '16 at 19:21
@fixer1234 do you understand now ?
– Abdelsamea Ashraf
Apr 10 '16 at 13:31
One purpose of a VM is to isolate the guest from the host. You aren't supposed to be able to freely copy and paste anywhere unless you provide for that. You don't mention anything about configuring your virtual machine settings to enable shared folders or specifying which directories on your system are to be shared. You don't mention whether you're sharing or mirroring folders. If you haven't configured that, it's working the way it's supposed to by not letting you copy and paste across the boundary. The VMware tools just help do some things and improve behavior after the setup is done.
– fixer1234
Apr 10 '16 at 17:11