Fusion 11.1 on Mojave 10.14.6.
I created a new Debian VM. (I've only ever had Windows VM's before now.) The creation of the VM went fine. It starts, I have a command-line, I can do things. I went to create a shared folder. It says it can't until VMware Tools is installed. Ah, right, I forgot about that.
Except not only isn't it installed, where it usually is on the menu says, "Cancel VMware Tools Installation", and it's greyed out. So it apparently thinks it's canceling the installation. I didn't start the installation, and I didn't cancel it. So I'm not sure how it got into this state.
Regardless, I'm in a catch-22: I can't remove it (if in fact it is installed), and I can't install it.
What now?