On 10/5/05, Stuart Sears <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. Thanks, Stuart. I got this: # rpm -qp --scripts VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm | grep preinstall preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): # Paul
