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rasa / vmware-tools-patches

Patch and build VMware tools automatically
https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches/wiki
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Modify download-tools.sh, add comprehensive script and modify README.md #62

Closed putztzu closed 9 years ago

putztzu commented 9 years ago
  1. By default, download-tools.sh downloads every version of Tools. I suggest and modified the URLs to download only the latest current Tools while allowing the User to modify if desired. I have tested specifiying a single other URL. Don't know how this might affect current documentation that describes passing the version at the command line.
  2. Created a comprehensive script that verifies/installs prerequisites described in documentation (updated to include openSUSE). Has been run numerous times against various openSUSE, Lubuntu 14.04 and Mint Mate and Mint KDE. Less often against Fedora/CentOS/RHEL. If someone was really ambitious with time, I suppose that a proper interactive app could be written but existing should be fine for most. Although this script can be run without my proposed modification to download-tools.sh, it would result in extensive unnecessary downloading.
  3. Modified README.md, adding a section at the top (trying to follow existing document convention which a bit backwards from what I'm used to... Usually foundation info is first, followed by actionable sections) that references the script I've contributed for your consideration. I already recommend using my script in my openSUSE wiki and openSUSE Technical Help Forums.
putztzu commented 9 years ago

After days working perfectly in a number of Guests, in the last 24 hrs, suddenly the method I used in "download-tools.sh" to download only the latest Tools is not working, all Tools are being downloaded again. Am working on this.

putztzu commented 9 years ago

Last issue specifying a version fixed. Now using the command line option as originally exists.