complete working vmware install guide with sharing, copy and paste.

Hello all,

After many installs and re-installs to get Kali working just right in vmware heres is my way.

By the end of this guide, VM-Tools folder sharing , copy & paste and mouse SHOULD be working fine.

I used the Kali vm download and got no end of issues with sharing , install aborted on the re-installtion of vmtools.

So I started from scratch, here goes:

VMWARE INSTALLATION: Using version 7.4x Vmware Workstation
Use the iso from downloads
I chose 20gb and 2048mb Memory
Choose Linux and kernel 2.6X
Enable mirrors etc
Reboot

VMTOOLS SHARED FOLDERS INSTALL:

echo cups enabled >> /usr/sbin/update-rc.d
echo vmware-tools enabled >> /usr/sbin/update-rc.d

apt-get install gcc make linux-headers-$(uname -r)
ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/

EJECT LIVE CD THEN:

mkdir /mnt/vmware
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/vmware/
cp -rf /mnt/vmware/VMwareTools* /tmp/

cd /tmp/
tar zxpf VMwareTools-*.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib/
./vmtools-install.pl

Path not found for gcc ( I chose no to change path )

apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
reboot


BLEEDING EDGE REPOS:

echo deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-bleeding-edge main >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade


KDE-DESKTOP:

apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop

KATE:

apt-get install kate


apt-get install icedove (EMAIL CLIENT)

FLASH PLAYER:


apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

update-flashplugin-nonfree --install


Hope this helps,

Kind Regards Dee