Install VMWareTools on Ubuntu Server

I have been running Ubuntu Server Guest OS on OSX. Ubuntu server is installed without any X support. So to install VMWare Tools, which will allow to share folders between the Guest OS and host, follow these instructions:

1. Upgrade the server
   

       % sudo apt-get update
       % sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
     

2. Install the required packages to compile VMWare Tools
   

       sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers`uname -r` psmic
     

3. Reboot the server
   

       % sudo reboot now
     

4. Go to the menu bar Virtual Machine -> CD/DVD -> Choose Disk Image. Choose the file /Library/Application Support/VMWare Fusion/isoimages/linux.so
5. Mount the CDROM on the Ubuntu Server
   

        % sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
      

6. Copy the VMWare Tools from CDROM to the local
   

       % cp /media/cdrom/VMWareTools-8.4.5-332101.tar.gz ~/tmp
     

7. Unpack VMWare Tools
   

       % tar xvf VMWareTools-8.4.5-332101.tar.gz
     

8. Install the VMWareTools. Provide default values for all the questions.
   

       % cd ~/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
       % ./vmware-install.pl
     

9. Reboot the server
   

       % sudo reboot now