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Script to install VMware Tools in Kali 2.0 since, by default, the header files are not where VMware expects them to be, wreaking all havoc.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| #-Metadata----------------------------------------------------# | |
| # Filename: kali-vmwaretools.sh (Update: 09-25-2015 # | |
| #-Author------------------------------------------------------# | |
| # cashiuus - cashiuus@gmail.com # | |
| #-License-----------------------------------------------------# | |
| # MIT License ~ http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT # | |
| # Credit: https://github.com/g0tmi1k/os-scripts/ # | |
| #-Notes-------------------------------------------------------# | |
| # # | |
| # Usage: curl -L http://j.mp/kali-vmtools | bash # | |
| # # | |
| # # | |
| # # | |
| # This script is intended for Kali 2.0. For v1, change repos. # | |
| # # | |
| # Before running script, click "Install VMware Tools" # | |
| # from VMware menu to mount the CD # | |
| # # | |
| #-------------------------------------------------------------# | |
| GREEN="\033[01;32m" # Success | |
| RESET="\033[00m" # Normal | |
| apt-get -qq update | |
| # Increase idle delay which locks the screen (default is 300s) | |
| gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 0 | |
| # if update fails due to KEYEXPIRED errors, remove the list file and update again | |
| # rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists | |
| # apt-get update | |
| # apt-get install -y kali-archive-keyring | |
| echo -e "\n ${GREEN}-----------${RESET}[ Fixing Kali Repositories ]${GREEN}-----------${RESET}" | |
| file=/etc/apt/sources.list; [ -e $file ] && cp -n $file $file.bkup | |
| grep -q 'sana main non-free contrib' $file 2>/dev/null || echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali sana main non-free contrib" >> $file | |
| grep -q 'sana/updates main contrib non-free' $file 2>/dev/null || echo "deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free" >> $file | |
| # Update once more in case repositories were invalid | |
| apt-get -qq update | |
| if [ -e "/etc/vmware-tools" ]; then | |
| echo -e '[*] VMware Tools is already installed' | |
| elif $(dmidecode | grep -iq vmware); then | |
| echo -e "\n ${GREEN}-----------${RESET}[ Installing Linux Headers ]${GREEN}-----------${RESET}" | |
| apt-get -y -qq install linux-headers-$(uname -r) | |
| #ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/include/linux/ | |
| # TODO? Pause and ask user if CD is mounted with timeout defaulting to proceed | |
| # Copy vmware tarball from cd to Desktop | |
| cp -n /media/cdrom0/VMwareTools-* /tmp/ | |
| cd /tmp/ | |
| tar -xf VMwareTools-*.tar.gz | |
| cd vmware-tools-distrib | |
| # Run the installer for a maximum of 300 seconds, kill if not finished by then | |
| echo -e "\n ${GREEN}-----------${RESET}[ Running VMware Tools Installer ]${GREEN}-----------${RESET}" | |
| echo -e '\n' | timeout 300 perl vmware-install.pl | |
| /usr/bin/vmware-user | |
| fi |
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