From: Dyno Hongjun Fu Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 23:10:59 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Update README.md X-Git-Tag: stable-9.10.0~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8b89d5b01f0b6d97e306648236869ce10b056293;p=thirdparty%2Fopen-vm-tools.git Update README.md --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b93ffb13e..269783082 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ different Linux distributions. ##General information: * What are the open-vm-tools? -The open-vm-tools are a subset of the VMware Tools, currently composed of + * The open-vm-tools are a subset of the VMware Tools, currently composed of kernel modules for Linux and user-space programs for all VMware supported Unix like guest operating systems. * Where do I find documentation for the open-vm-tools beyond this README? -Please refer to the main project web site for all the latest documentation + * Please refer to the main project web site for all the latest documentation at: * How do I build the open-vm-tools? -The open-vm-tools uses the GNU Automake tool for generating Makefiles to + * The open-vm-tools uses the GNU Automake tool for generating Makefiles to build all sources. More information about Automake can be found here: @@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ When using configure in the steps below it is only necessary to call `./configure` once unless there was a problem after the first invocation. * Building Unix user-space programs: +``` 1. autoreconf -i 2. ./configure 3. Run "make" to build Unix userland programs 4. Run "make modules" to build kernel modules - +``` * Packaging: If you are interested in creating a Tools package, please see @@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ should work: ================================================================================ ##Other resources: + * There are also open-source video & mouse drivers for Xorg/XFree86 that provide better performance and additional features to Linux, Solaris, and BSD derivatives guests running X11.