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Hi,
Well, whether you install from rpm or tar.gz file, you still need to run one or two perl scripts to get it installed/configured. Unless you're invoking it incorrectly it may well be that you don't have the perl language installed and, if not, you'll have to install that first. For a tarball it should go like this (from a xterm /console window) :
$ tar zxf VMware-<xxxx>.tar.gz
$ cd vmware-distrib
$ su (enter root password)
# ./vmware-install.pl
# ./vmware-config.pl
# exit
$
The rpm version just needs :
$ su (enter root password)
# ./vmware-config.pl
# exit
$
If it doesn't work then check you have perl installed :
$ rpm -q perl
$ which perl
If it is installed then it must be in a different location to what it says at the top of the perl scripts. In that case, you'd need to find where your perl was and edit the top of the vmware scripts to point to where the interpreter is on your system.
If it isn't installed - then install it first and try again.
Hope this helps
Well, whether you install from rpm or tar.gz file, you still need to run one or two perl scripts to get it installed/configured. Unless you're invoking it incorrectly it may well be that you don't have the perl language installed and, if not, you'll have to install that first. For a tarball it should go like this (from a xterm /console window) :
$ tar zxf VMware-<xxxx>.tar.gz
$ cd vmware-distrib
$ su (enter root password)
# ./vmware-install.pl
# ./vmware-config.pl
# exit
$
The rpm version just needs :
$ su (enter root password)
# ./vmware-config.pl
# exit
$
If it doesn't work then check you have perl installed :
$ rpm -q perl
$ which perl
If it is installed then it must be in a different location to what it says at the top of the perl scripts. In that case, you'd need to find where your perl was and edit the top of the vmware scripts to point to where the interpreter is on your system.
If it isn't installed - then install it first and try again.
Hope this helps
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