Admins Handbook

Every time you log on a debian this copyright message is displayed:

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The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

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It can be removed by edit this file: /etc/motd.tail

apt-get install binutils cpp gcc make psmisc linux-headers-$(uname -r)
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/
tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/VMwareTools-xxx.tar.gz
umount /mnt
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib ./vmware-install.pl
reboot