Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine

Parallels Tools can be installed in any supported Linux guest operating systems that have the following packages:

• X.org 6.7 and later
• glibc2.4 and later

To install Parallels Tools, do the following:

1. Make sure the respective virtual machine is running.
2. Mount the CD with Parallels Tools to the virtual machine:

   pctl installtools VM_Name

3. Start a terminal in your Linux guest OS, and gain the root privileges using the su command.
4. Go to the CD/DVD-ROM directory:

   cd /media/cdrom/

   Note: In some Linux operating systems, the mount point for the virtual CD/DVD-ROM drive may be different (e.g. /media/Parallels\ Tools/ ).

5. Launch the Parallels Tools installation:

   ./install

6. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
7. Once the installation of Parallels Tools is complete, restart the virtual machine.

Mounting Parallels Tools Manually

In some Linux operating systems, the image with Parallels Tools may be mounted as non-executable after running the pctl installtools command (see Step 2 above). In this case, you need to unmount the Parallels Tools image and then mount it again with the exec flag. The following session demonstrates how you can do this:

1. Check that the Parallels Tools CD image is mounted as non-executable.

   mount | grep iso9660

   The command should return something like this:

   /dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=0)

   The noexec option in the command output confirms that the CD image is currently mounted as non-executable.

2. Unmount the CD image:

   umount /dev/cdrom

3. Mount the CD image with the exec option:

   mount -o exec /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom

4. Proceed to Step 4 above.

For more information on Parallels Tools, see the Parallels Management Console User's Guide .