Workstation 17 -Copy from Windows host to Linux terminal guest

[VMware Community Member]

Hello, is there a way to enable copy pasting from my Windows host to my Linux guest when using Workstation Player 17 (free version).

I've working with a terminal based Linux CLI and I tried to copy from my Windows host to it but it doesn't seem to work. Is there any way to enable this feature? I couldn't figure out how.

[Sascha Minnert]

In the VM settings "option" you can enable that settings.

Also VMware Tools might be necessary inside the VM.
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/17/workstation-pro-17-user-guide.pdf
Page 102ff.

Please "kudo" if solution works.

 

[VMware Community Member]

I do not have such a function of "guest isolation". Also, VMware tools are installed. What I'm I missing here?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sascha Minnert]

https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player-for-Windows/17.0/workstation-player-16-windows-user-guide.pdf

Page 21  ... Player might react different than Pro.

[VMware Community Member]

That unfortunately does not help me. I'm talking about the player since the beginning and neither solutions helped

[RDPetruska]

Do you have both open-vmware-tools and open-vmware-tools-desktop packages installed in the Linux guest?

[VMware Community Member]

I've never heard f those tools. Are they mentioned in the docs and a way of how to install them?

 

well nvm. Did a little bit of Googling and it seems like it's been installed by default. As you can see on my screenshot it's already installed.

[Sascha Minnert]

your screenshot showing "reinstall vmware tools"  is greyed out. What kind of Linux / Distribution are you using?

[VMware Community Member]

Maybe because it's already running? To me "reinstall" means it's already installed.

Ubuntu

 

[Sascha Minnert]

Please try following:




sudo apt install open-vm-tools-desktop beside sudo apt install open-vm-tools.

but also other have same issues with no solution provided.

https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/VMware-tools-with-Ubuntu-22-04-copy-and-paste-not-working/td-p/2913183

[Technogeezer]

You say you are running a “terminal based Linux CLI”.  Are you running any graphical session manager on your VM, ot a straight console (non-GUI). 

if it’s the latter (no GUI in the VM, straight console only), there’s no copy/paste available. Just as if you ran a system on a dumb terminal.

In this case a workaround would be to ssh into the VM using an application on the host. Then you should be able to copy/paste text to and from the VM. 

[Sascha Minnert]

Based on Manual page 102 https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/17/workstation-pro-17-user-guide.pdf
:The copy and paste feature requires Linux hosts and guests to run X Windows and Solaris 10
guests to run an Xorg X server and JDS/Gnome.
So no copy and paste to cli, so ssh is the possible solution