@JSen I know your a VMware employee however the directions you posted are not directly applicable to the Guets OS that Sidhartha states is being used in the OP! Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu and uses apt-get not yum and binutils is not a valid package for Linux Mint.
Directions for installing VMware Tools in Ubuntu and or Linux Mint have already been posted numerous times in these forums as well as the Internet and should be hard to find! 
Hint, search Google for: linux mint 15 vmware tools install