NickThompson Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 If you need to get the VMWare Tools for OS X as guest OS running on, say, Windows 7 - you can download the "darwin.iso" from the software update site directly... http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/5.0.1/825449/packages/'>http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/5.0.1/825449/packages/ Grab the com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip.tar file. You may want to browse back up to the http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/ level to make sure you've grabbed the latest version of the tools. Once you have the "zip.tar" file (it's only about 2Mb), you can extract it and browse into the archive to find the ISO. Mount the ISO inside OSX and run the installer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldenghost Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Thank you so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickThompson Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Another tip - if you are trying to do this within VMWare Player running Mountain Lion, you may run into Gatekeeper not allowing the installation due to "Your security preferences allow installation of only apps from the Mac App Store and identified developers." The following link shows screenshots on how to disable it: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f11-software/your-security-preferences-allow-installation-only-apps-mac-app-store-and-identified-developers-12789/ Basically you need to go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy. Under General, make sure you have unlocked the settings and then set the "Allow applications downloaded from..." to Anywhere. After the installation you might want to switch back to the previous setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackehSoul Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 If you want to just use it for that single installation, just hold CTRL and left-click the .pkg. Then press open and it'll work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickThompson Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanks ZeckehSoul - didn't know that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustFortehFun Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Sorry for the old bump, but just tried it in my VMWare image and i got error in the preflight script which unloads the kexts, but since i don't have it already installed i can't unload the kext and the installer errors out. Any solutions (this is v5.0.3)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixxxion Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 I found the issue that causes this. In the VMWare tools installer package, there is a "install check" script that checks whether the timestamp on the kernel is newer than the latest system boot time, and if so, it errors out. For some reason (I believe having to do with the VM syncing the time with the physical PC) my kernel had a funky timestamp on it which was in the future. I just updated the time stamp on the kernel by touching the file with the command: sudo touch /mach_kernel and rebooted, then I was able to install the VMWare tools without any problems. Hope this helps. BTW, I'm running 10.8.3 and installed VMWare tools 5.0.3. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkoyskip Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Thought I'd finally solved the problem by using ixxxion's solution but I get a kernel panic upon reboot after (successfully) installing vmware tools.... Anymore ideas or thoughts? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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