"Install VMware Tools" greyed out after installing Ubuntu 15.04 on VMware Player 7.1. I tried checking "No proxy" instead of default "Windows proxy settings" at "File->Preferences->Software updates-> Connection Settings". This did not work either. Is there a way to install VMware Tools?
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I had the same issue. Like the answer posted before, I had to shutdown the machine and change both the floppy drive and cd drives to "Auto detect" and then power on the machine.
6I unmounted the two ISOs which were mounted because of the Easy Install. After that I was able to push the "Install VMware Tools" button in the dropdown menu.
This worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools-desktopYou can mount VMwareTools CD image manualy, file path is like this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\linux.isoA good solution for Ubuntu as a VMWare guest is to install the open VMWare tools: This can be done from the command line with the command
sudo apt-get install --install-suggests open-vmware-tools
If you add a CD-ROM Drive then you see this option "Reinstall VMware Tools...".
If you don't hava a CD-Rom the option to reinstall the VMware Tools will not be availlable.
What you have to do is simple,
just start a Guest Machine(your VM)
then you will see that the VM -> Install VMware Tools ... option is enabled.
Simple clue - when you starting the Guest Machine you see this dialog box (if you have not checked it out earlier) after clicking OK, VM -> Install VMware Tools ... option is enabled.
You do not need to change anything other than starting a Guest Machine.(No need to change proxy settings in VMware or unmount an image mounted on your guest machine CD/DVD ROM)
