Backtrack 5 R2 & R3

root@bt:~# mkdir /etc/cups/ppd

Unable to create symlink "/etc/cups/ppd/VMware_Virtual_Printer.ppd" pointing to file "/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/thinprint.ppd".

• On an upgraded or freshly installed BackTrack 5 R2 / R3:

root@bt:~# prepare-kernel-sources

• Next on the VMware Player, we click Virtual Machine -> Install VMware Tools.
• Now let's quickly setup the VMware Tools by issuing the following commands:

root@bt:~# mkdir /mnt/cdrom; mount /dev/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom
root@bt:~# cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-<version>.tar.gz /tmp/
root@bt:~# cd /tmp/
root@bt:~# tar zxpf VMwareTools-<version>.tar.gz 
root@bt:~# cd vmware-tools-distrib/
root@bt:~# ./vmware-install.pl 

Backtrack 5 R1

• In case you need to manually install the VMware Tools you first have to prepare your kernel source by issuing the following commands:

root@bt:~# ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/2.6.39.4/build

• Next on the VMware Player, we click Virtual Machine -> Install VMware Tools.
• Now let's quickly setup the VMware Tools by issuing the following commands:

root@bt:~# mkdir /mnt/cdrom; mount /dev/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom
root@bt:~# cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-<version>.tar.gz /tmp/
root@bt:~# cd /tmp/
root@bt:~# tar zxpf VMwareTools-<version>.tar.gz 
root@bt:~# cd vmware-tools-distrib/
root@bt:~# ./vmware-install.pl 

• We now need to apply some patches to the VMWare kernel module sources before they are built. So:

Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by 
invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want 
this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] no

• Now we apply the vmware-tools 2.6.39 patch:

root@bt:~# cd /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/source/
root@bt:~# for file in *.tar;do tar xpf $file;done
root@bt:~# rm *.tar
root@bt:~# wget www.backtrack-linux.org/vmtools2639.patch
root@bt:~# patch -p1 < vmtools2639.patch 
root@bt:~# for dir in $(ls -l |grep only|awk -F" " '{print $8}' |cut -d"-" -f1);do tar cvf $dir.tar $dir-only;rm -rf $dir-only;done
root@bt:~# vmware-config-tools.pl 

• If running in Mac Fusion, the patch won't apply cleanly. Accept the defaults and continue.
• Continue with the installation to the end, and hopefully all the VMWare modules should compile!
• bring back your pretty console and reboot:

root@bt:~# fix-splash
root@bt:~# shutdown -r 0

Backtrack 5

• In case you need to manually install the VMware Tools you first have to prepare your kernel source by issuing the following commands:

root@bt:~# prepare-kernel-sources
root@bt:~# cd /usr/src/linux
root@bt:~# cp -rf include/generated/* include/linux/

• Next on the VMware Player, we click Virtual Machine -> Install VMware Tools, this will mount a CD containing an archive.
• Now let's quickly setup the VMware Tools by issuing the following commands:

root@bt:~# cp -f /media/VMware\ Tools/VMwareTools-8.4.6-385536.tar.gz /root/
root@bt:~# tar xvfz VMwareTools-8.4.6-385536.tar.gz
root@bt:~# cd vmware-tools-distrib/
root@bt:~/vmware-tools-distrib# ./vmware-install.pl

In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin] [RETURN]

............ 
............

The configuration of VMware Tools 8.4.6 build-385536 for Linux for this running
kernel completed successfully.

You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take
effect.

You can now run VMware Tools by invoking "/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd" from the
command line or by invoking "/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox" from the command line
during an X server session.

To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and
file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following:
1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user
2. Log out and log back into your desktop session; and,
3. Restart your X session.

To use the vmxnet driver, restart networking using the following commands:
/etc/init.d/networking stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/networking start

Enjoy,

--the VMware team

Found VMware Tools CDROM mounted at /media/VMware Tools. Ejecting device
/dev/sr0 ...

• If you see the message above in the terminal that means that the installation was successful, now after a quick reboot the VMware Tools should be working, also let's not forget to fix the Splash screen.

root@bt:~# fix-splash
root@bt:~# shutdown -r 0