This command should do the trick:
tar -xvzf VMware_Tools.tar.gz
To explain a little bit, tar collected all the files into one package. VMware_Tools.tar
.
The gzip program is responsible for compression, hence the gz extension.
f
: this must be the last flag of the command, and the tar file must be immediately after. It tells tar the name and path of the compressed file.z
: tells tar to decompress the archive using gzipx
: extract themv
: Verbose output shows you all the files being extracted.
Veery nice article, just what I was looking for.
Thanks!