Problem with installing VMware

[Paul Smith]

On 10/5/05, Robert Locke <lists at ralii.com> wrote:
> > > I am trying to install VMware 4.5.2, but when I ran (as root)
> > >
> > > [root at 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 at 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.

Paul