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Talk:How to Build a Ubuntu Linux host under VMware
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HelmutForren said ...
Gregturne said ...
Thank you for the comments. I have added some detail above to clarify. It is also possible to type "sudo bash" to change the current terminal to a super-user terminal. And it is also possible to simple pre-pend the command with "sudo" to run the command as root. In this case it would be "sudo ./vmware-install.pl".
--Gregturne 14:55, 14 February 2011 (CST)
Regarding "Install VMware Tools" I found the following. You create a username and password as a part of installing Ubuntu. However, when you login later, you are NOT super user. After extracting the tar (or rpm) file, you need to run Applications/Accessories/Terminal and navigate to that folder first (For me, it was cd Desktop, cd vmware-tools-distrib. Next, you must get into super user mode with command "sudo su" and then provide the same password as for your regular use. The PROMPT will change from an ending $ to ending #. Now, finally, you can run ./vmware-install.pl. Note that you have to include the ./ in front. (I know a little Linux, but didn't know this.)
--HelmutForren 17:48, 4 January 2011 (CST)