Apparently you need >10.0.0 of open-vm-tools on kernels >4.0 (vmware- tools installer gave that hint)
I tried backporting that from Xenial, by adding Xenial as a source repo in /etc/apt/sources.list, and then build it from the source package: cd /tmp apt-get update apt-get build-dep open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop apt-get -b source open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop dpkg -i *.deb But that didn't work either, same error. Installing from the VMWare Tools CD image did work fine and enabled file sharing with the host system after a reboot. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to open-vm-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1513531 Title: Error while installing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1513531/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs