Install VMWare-Tools for ESXi 4.0 on CentOS x86_64 v5.5
Howto install VMware-tools on CentOS 5, running of a VMware ESXi 4 hypervisor
Steps:
- Install the VMWare-Tools repository
- Install the VMWare-Tools package
1. Repository
Follow the instructions:
# wget -P /etc/yum.repos.d/ http://plone.lucidsolutions.co.nz/linux/vmware/esxi/images/VMWare-Tools.repo
2. Packages
For headless (non-X windows) installations install 'vmware-tools-nox' meta package, and for full installations install the 'vmware-tools' meta package:
# yum install vmware-tools-nox
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Appendices
Install vmware-tools-nox
Dependencies Resolved ===================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ===================================================================================== Installing: vmware-tools-nox x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 2.5 k Installing for dependencies: vmware-open-vm-tools-common x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 3.5 M vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 489 k vmware-open-vm-tools-nox x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 2.5 k vmware-tools-common x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 1.3 M Transaction Summary ===================================================================================== Install 5 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s) Total download size: 5.3 M
Install vmware-tools
Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================== Installing: vmware-tools x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 2.7 k Installing for dependencies: vmware-open-vm-tools x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 2.7 k vmware-open-vm-tools-common x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 3.5 M vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 489 k vmware-open-vm-tools-nox x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 2.5 k vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-drv-display x86_64 10.15.2.0-0.208167.el5 vmware-tools 35 k vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-drv-mouse x86_64 12.4.3.0-0.208167.el5 vmware-tools 18 k vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-utilities x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 6.3 M vmware-tools-common x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 1.3 M vmware-tools-nox x86_64 8.0.2-208167.el5 vmware-tools 2.5 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================================== Install 10 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s) Total download size: 12 M
Public Key
The first time a package from the VMware repository is installed, the public key will be imported.
Importing GPG key 0x66FD4949 "VMware, Inc. -- Linux Packaging Key -- <linux-packages@vmware.com>" from http://packages.vmware.com/tools/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-KEY.pub Is this ok [y/N]: y