VMware tools repository
You can install the VMware tools using the Wizzard in the vSphere client but this is not the best solution. VMware is offering an repository which you can use to install the VMware tools using your package manager.
URL of the repository: http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.5/index.html
Example for Redhat 6 64bit running on ESXi 5.5:
`
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
vi VMware-Tools.repo
[vmware-tools]
name=VMware Tools
baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.5/rhel6/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
`