

Open VM Tools is an open-source implementation of VMware Tools for Linux guest operating systems. The easiest and the recommended way to install VMware Tools on Ubuntu guests is to install the Open VM Tools packages from Ubuntu’s default repositories. Installing VMware Tools Using Open VM Tools # The same instructions apply for Ubuntu 16.04 and any other Ubuntu-based distribution, including Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

This tutorial explains how to install the VMware Tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 guests. The VMware Tools offer several useful functionalities such as faster graphics performance, shared folders, shared clipboard, drag and drop operations, and more. When using VMware as the hypervisor, it is important to install VMware Tools in the guest to enhances the virtual machine performance. The latest TeamViewer installs fine, but he wanted TeamViewer 11 specifically, which is quite old and may have some specific requirements.Is a mature and stable virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple, isolated operating systems on a single machine. I am almost certain the installer is bundled with the libraries it needs to function. Isn't TeamViewer's installer basically a lite WINE framework with the Windows executable in it? Good gravy, if I can no longer install TeamViewer then a strongly-worded letter may be in order.ĮDIT: I can confirm that TeamViewer installs just fine on 20.04. I did enable the feature to turn off the touchpad while typing but things will still go flying around the screen if I'm not careful. It may be due to cheap hardware but the problem wasn't nearly as bad with the Windows this machine originally came with.

My only real complaint is the touchpad is overly sensitive, something that was also the case with my previously installed Xubuntu 14.04. For now I installed a Windows virtual machine to run it.) (For me the most important is TeamViewer 11 which I use to work on remote Windows systems. I just installed Xubuntu 20.04 on a 5 or 6 year old laptop a couple of days ago and it works well, but the lack of 32-bit libraries means some older applications will not run.
