As developers and product creators we need to make sure our software works as best as possible.
That's why we need to test it in different environments.
I have a virtual machine that runs Ubuntu 14.04 without the graphical user interface so all is done via the command line. I needed to install VMware tools because I wanted to be able to share folders from Windows (Host OS) to the guest OS (Ubuntu).

Here are the steps I followed to install VMware tools on Ubuntu 14.04 Guest OS.

switch to root
sudo su

Mount the VMWare tools. For VMWare Player go to:
Player > Manage > Install VMWare Tools
or
Player > Manage > Reinstall VMWare Tools
This load an .ISO file in the virtual CD/DVD drive.

Make sure these binaries are installed.
apt-get    -y install gcc make

If a mount point directory does not already exist, create it.
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mkdir /root/vm
cd /root/vm

Uncompress the installer.
tar zxpf /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-x.x.x-yyyy.tar.gz

cd VMwareTools-x.x.x-yyyy

While as root run and follow the steps.
# ./vmware-install.pl

Reboot

 

Now you should be able to define a shared folder which will be available in /mnt/hgfs

How to share folder in VMware in Virtual Machine Settings

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