Should you decide to create your own VMware installation of Kali Linux (rather than using our pre-made VMware images), and you want to force a manual reinstall of open-vm-tools (as something has gone wrong), first make sure you are fully updated, then enter the following. :~$ sudo apt install -y -reinstall open-vm-tools-desktop fuseĪdding Support for Shared Folders When Using OVT Before installing Kali Linux in VMware, the first thing you have to do is download the Kali Linux image by visiting the official website. Note : Download the ISO file according to your system architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) to avoid downloading the wrong version altogether. Unfortunately, shared folders will not work out of the box, some additional scripts are needed. ![]() open-vm-tools is a set of services and modules that enable several features in VMware products for better management of, and seamless user interactions with, guests. Those can be installed easily with kali-tweaks. ![]() It includes kernel modules for enhancing the performance of virtual machines running Linux or other VMware supported Unix like guest operating systems. In the Kali Tweaks menu, select Virtualization, then Install additional packages and scripts for VMware. Congratulations, you now have two additional tools in your toolbox! The first one is a little script to mount the VMware Shared Folders. Invoke it with: :~$ sudo mount-shared-foldersĪnd with a bit of luck, checking /mnt/hgfs/ you should see your shared folders. The second script is a helper to restart the VM tools. Indeed, it’s not uncommon for OVT to stops functioning correctly (e.g. such as copy/paste between the host OS and guest VM stops working). In this case, running this script can help to fix the issues: :~$ sudo restart-vm-toolsįor older versions of Kali Linux, here is our previous guide.
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