Centos 7
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vmware tools install centos 7 , vmware 5.5
yum -y install perl mkdir /mnt/cdrom && mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom && mkdir -p /mnt/tmpfs mount -o size=500M -t tmpfs none /mnt/tmpfs && cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-9.4.5-1598834.tar.gz /mnt/tmpfs cd /mnt/tmpfs && tar zxvf VMwareTools-9.4.5-1598834.tar.gz && cd vmware-tools-distrib ./vmware-install.pl ( answer all the questions ) reboot