最小化安装的centos少一些安装vmware tools的必要工具，先安装这些工具再安装vmware tools能省不少力气。

[root@centos-vm vmware-tools-distrib]# yum -y install perl gcc make kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
[root@centos-vm vmware-tools-distrib]# ./vmware-install.pl

如果安装过程中提示找不到kernel header，可以手动输入一个路径，centos在 /usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.el6.i686/include，比如：

Searching for a valid kernel header path...
The path "" is not valid.
Would you like to change it? [yes] yes

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? /usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.el6.i686/include

The path "/usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-220.el6.i686/include" appears to be a valid
path to the kernel headers of the running kernel.
Would you like to change it? [no]

kernel-devel要安装对应版本的才行，如果添加了remi或epel源不指定版本默认安装最新版本，如果和当前版本不一致导致vmware tools安装失败，可以使用uname -r 查看当前版本，最后不得不说yum这东西真他X的方便。