Linux isn't windows. Libraries are required because those tools and programs were intended to use libraries that were not installed with the OS. The instructions are VERY specific, they give you a step by step to install, if those core packages are required you can't simply guess or assume they are not required.
FOLLOW the instructions, that's what they are there for, doesn't matter if YOU think they are not required, they are required if the instructions to install VMtools say they are required.