To install vmware tools under freebsd , you can follow this post .

If you face a problem , while trying to copy files from freebsd 12.1 , to shared folders using vmware , like the following one :

Error 

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To install xfce on freebsd , please check this post . To install vmware tools on freebsd , and while using the console , and before starting X , first change to root :

$ su - 
# switch to 

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