unknown filesystem type 'vmhgfs'

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because vmhgfs-fuse is not built,

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apt install libfuse-dev

before compiling open-vm-tools.

following is the autorun scripts, e.g. open-vm-tools are installed in /home/work/vmware/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/installed.

  • /etc/xdg/autostart/vmware-user.desktop

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    [Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/home/work/vmware/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/installed/bin/vmware-user-suid-wrapper
Name=VMware User Agent
X-KDE-autostart-phase=1
  • /etc/rc.local

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    #!/bin/bash
(
cd /home/work/vmware/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/installed/bin/
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/../lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH ./vmtoolsd &
./vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs/
./vmware-user
)
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chmod +x /etc/rc.local
reboot