Red Hat RPM

[Willy2782]

Hello,

OK I'm new to linux (really new) I'm installing a new program VMWare for Linux now the question is when I install this package says install complete...But I don't see where can I go to use the program because I can't find it.and when i try to install afain it says package already installed ...I'm using red hat 9

 

[jrjuiliano]

I'm assuming you mean to install VMWARE Workstation.
Hopefully this will help you:

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/install_linux_ws.html#1025586

Basically you have to find where vmware-config.pl is and run it from there. The RPM seems to be mostly a script to place files where it needs to go. and the vmware-config.pl script takes you from there...



J.R.

 

[flugh]

Take the package you just installed. It's probably 'vmware-<version yadda>.rpm'. Try doing 'rpm -ql vmware | grep bin'. That will query and list the files in the package named 'vmware', pipe it through 'grep' and show stuff with 'bin' in the output. It's a pretty safe bet those will be binary/executable files, and will get you started running the program you installed.

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JBR