

The Host Path is the folder location on the host machine. Under the Folders section, the Name field is what the share will be named in the VM. Critical points are highlighted with red arrows. I installed the first version into the client virtual machine (VM) which was running Ubuntu 18.04.Īt this point, I defined three shared folders on the host through the VMware management GUI for the VM.

open-vm-tools-desktop - This package contains the user-space programs and libraries that are essential for improved user experience of VMware virtual machines (graphical user interface).

