-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Smith 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): The grep won't work as expected in this case as the preinstall script could have many lines. Try piping the output through a pager such as less to see what it is really doing... Stuart - -- Stuart Sears RHCE RHCX printk("HPFS: Grrrr... Kernel memory corrupted ... going on, but it'll crash very soon :-(\n"); linux-2.4.3/fs/hpfs/super.c -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDQ9dPamPtx1brPQ4RAn6GAJ43t4Ezb0LrEsjKGDkjQmVv1h2I0wCfREGC 1nHr4aLmHwIpTzsnRRJTEiQ= =2GI7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----