VMware version: 8.0.2 build-591240
1. CD-ROM device path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\linux.iso
2.Mount the cdrom
a.Check wether exit /dev/cdrom file.
b.mkdir /mnt/cdrom
c.sudo mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
d.So you can into cdrom, cd /mnt/cdrom
3.Intall
a. cp VMwareTools-8.8.2-590212.tar.gz ~/
b. tar zxpf VMwareTools-8.8.2-590212.tar.gz
c. cd vmware-tools-distrib/
d.sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d
Maybe meet a problem, probmpt you to remove open-vm-tools, step as bellow:
sudo apt remove open-vm-tools
4.Using
a.Power the ubuntu, then select the share folder.
b.mkdir /mnt/hgfs