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linux-install-vmware-tools.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
if [ "`whoami`" != "root" ]; then
   echo "You must execute this script as root" >&2
   exit 1
fi
 
echo ".---------------------------."
echo "| VMware tools installation |"
echo "'---------------------------'"
 
cd /home \
&& (which aptitude > /dev/null && aptitude install gcc make linux-headers-amd64 || exit 0) \
&& (which yum > /dev/null && yum install gcc make kernel-headers perl tar || exit 0) \
&& (grep "blacklist i2c-piix4" /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf >/dev/null || echo "blacklist i2c-piix4" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf) \
&& ([ -d /media/cdrom ] || mkdir -p /media/cdrom) \
&& ([ -e /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-*.tar.gz ] || mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom) \
&& tar xvfz /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-*.tar.gz \
&& cd vmware-tools-distrib/ \
&& ./vmware-install.pl --default \
&& cd /home \
&& rm -rf vmware-tools-distrib \
&& echo ".------------------------------------." \
&& echo "| VMware tools installed successfully |" \
&& echo "'------------------------------------'" \
&& echo -n 'VMware tools v' \
&& vmware-toolbox-cmd -v