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Paul Smith wrote:
> On 10/5/05, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>>>I am trying to install VMware 4.5.2, but when I ran (as root)
>>>>>
>>>>>[root@localhost vmware-distrib]# perl vmware-install.pl
>>>>>
>>>>>I get the following error
>>>>>
>>>>>«Before running VMware Workstation for the first time, you need to configure it
>>>>>by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this
>>>>>program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
>>>>>
>>>>>sh: /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl: Permission denied»
>>>>
>>>>I tried the following:
>>>>
>>>># chmod +x /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
>>>>[root@localhost vmware-distrib]# perl vmware-install.pl
>>>>A previous installation of VMware software has been detected.
>>>>
>>>>Failure
>>>>
>>>>Execution aborted.
>>>>#
>>>>
>>>>Any advice?
>>>
>>>The general advice is to get the vmware-any-any-update##.tar.gz file as
>>>suggested regularly on the VMWare support forums.
>>>
>>>It appears that your software has been installed, just not configured.
>>>Apply the update and re-run vmware-config.pl.
>>>
>>>Since you are running 4.5.2 (instead of the current 5.0), make sure to
>>>read the Fedora Release Notes pertaining to "udev" wiping out the /dev
>>>entries that vmware-config.pl creates (though the latest update may have
>>>fixed this - it is fixed in 5.0).
>>
>>Thanks, Rob and Andy. I am downloading the version 5.5 beta. This is
>>probably a better solution than installing the version 4.5.2.
>
>
> When trying to install the version 5.5 beta, I get the following error:
>
> # rpm -ihv VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
> Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
>
> error: %pre(VMwareWorkstation-5.5.0-16958.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping
> VMwareWorkstation-5.5.0-16958
rpm -qp --scripts VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
will tell you what it is trying to do - look for the preinstall script
if you try running the command itself you may get a better idea what is
going on.
Incidentally this doesn't necessarily mean that the packages was *not*
installed. I would check this if I were you.
HTH
Stuart
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Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX
printk("HPFS: Grrrr... Kernel memory corrupted ... going on, but
it'll crash very soon :-(\n");
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