There is nothing so fancy about installing vmware tools in linux distribution but on some friends demand here we go again . I am using vmware fusion to show you how to install for vmware workstation and vmware process it pretty same .

First install Linux Mint in virtual machine like another virtual machine installation .
Then click on

Steps :

1 . click on vm and choose install vmware tools . ( In fusion click on virtual machine then install vmware tools )

 

2 . It will mount vmware tools cdrom containing vmware tools package . ( its compress tar )

Okay Now open terminal .

3 . Now open that mounted CD-ROM ( Labeled “VMware Tools “) and copy VMwareTools-9.*.tar.gz file to desktop

4 . Double Click to open and choose extract and choose destination folder to desktop

5 . Now open that extracted vmware-tools-distrib Folder

6 . Right click on that folder and choose Open in Terminal it will open terminal and cd into that folder

7 . Now type :

sudo perl vmware-install.pl 
*Enter Your Password *

hit enter to select  yes

After Installation reboot Virtual machine  . Now enjoy your virtual machine .