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VMware-Tools RPM Repository for CentOS 5

Howto install the VMWare Tools repository and VMWare-Tools package

The VMWare recommended repository configuration file is similar to this:

[vmware-tools]
name=VMware Tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch
baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.0latest/rhel5/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-KEY.pub

Alternatively, use the following command to get the sample configuration:

# wget -P /etc/yum.repos.d/ http://plone.lucidsolutions.co.nz/linux/vmware/esxi/images/VMWare-Tools.repo

Packages

The VMWare-Tool repository contains the following meta packages:

  • vmware-open-vm-tools
  • vmware-open-vm-tools-nox
  • vmware-tools
  • vmware-tools-nox

The 'nox' packages are those without the X windows dependant packages.  Given most of my VM's are headless appliances, this is an important distinction. I found that the non-nox (i.e. the packages that have dependencies on X windows) don't have the correct dependencies configured, and just generate error messages when installed on a headless (non-X) machine.

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