I've tried everything I know to update VMware Tools & I still get a message in my guest saying 'The installed version of VMware Tools is not up to date. Log in to the guest operating system & click "Update Tools"'.
This started last week when I moved my guest to a new host PC, and I installed the latest version of VMWare Player.
If I click the Update Tools button, I get a message saying VMware Tools installation cannot be started until the current download finishes.
When I click Player -> Manage it shows (Downloading VMware Tools) & is greyed so that I cannot take any action.
I've confirmed that I have Internet connectivity.
I've run the following commands trying to resolve the matter:
apt-get remove open-vm-tools
apt-get remove open-vm-toolbox
apt-get --purge remove
restarted guest OS
apt-get install open-vm-tools
apt-get install open-vm-toolbox
apt-get-update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
I still get back to the same situation. Please forgive my newbie status as a Linux user - please advise.
Thanks,
BigSam
