Source:
http://mondotech.blogspot.com/2012/05/install-vmware-tools-on-rhel-6-centos-6.html
This is a HOWTO for installing VMware Tools on RHEL 6 and Centos 6. I’m mainly posting this since I never remember what the prerequisites are.
Install the VMware tools prerequisites:
yum install make gcc kernel-devel kernel-headers glibc-headers perl
Mount the VMware Tools CD (after inserting it into the VM)
mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Copy the install bundle from the CD and extract it.
cp /mnt/cdrom/VMware-Tools*.tar.gz /tmp/
cd /tmp/
tar xvfz VMwareTools*.tar.gz
Run the installer, default on all prompts works fine.
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl # add -d to auto accept defaults