On 10/5/05, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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): > # That is true. It is installed, but it says that I have to configure it using vmware-config.pl. I am trying to locate vmware-config.pl to do the needed configuration. Paul
