Iam using kubuntu 8.04 and downloaded vmware workstation 6.5 in 2 different file format which one is *.rpm and *.bundle. I use alien to convert the rpm to deb then install from deb = failed! but then try on .bundle, and whats that file format? how to install it?

I don't know the file format but if you run 'file' on it it should tell you. To install the "bundle" package make the file executable. If it's some shell archive then adding the "--help" switch should show some info. Else check the VMware site or forum, they usually aren't that shabby providing installation information.

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I was asking myself the same question, then looked inside the file and found it was just a shell script. I'm never sure of a persons experience, so pardon me if this is all basic stuff.

You'll need to verify permissions are set to correctly (i.e. execute bit is set), then install the program by entering "sudo ./vmware.bundle". If you're not aware, the "./" tells the shell to run the script from the current directly (since the directory I was running it from wasn't in my PATH).

HTH,

Andy

On my xubuntu machine I went to the directory of the .bundle file in a terminal window and I typed:

sudo sh then the name of the file

...after that vmware's installation wizard appeared.

hope this helps.

Just installed VMware at my Ubuntu 8.10 distro. It's very easy, just do the following:

Go to the terminal -> Go to the location of the file

Type: >chmod +x <file name>

Now you type: >sudo ./<file name>

You should see an graphical VMware installer, just follow the steps. After the installation you'll find the launchers in you "System Tools" menu.

Good luck!

I did what XSYLUS said and worked well...

Thanks

Thanks... I was facing the same problem and this helped !

Hi All,

please bear with me, i am a complete Linux n00b, just installed openSUSE 11.4 RC2 on two of my machines this very weekend, worked like charm, all my hardware got supported immediately, very nice :-) ....

I then started installing VMWare Player 3.1.3 on one of the machines. Downloaded the .bundle , started a terminal window as root and could get installation to start by typing the command

sh VMware-Player-3.1.3-324285.x86_64.bundle

Installation started, it asked me to install GCC 4.5.1 and linux kernel-desktop-devel 2.6.37.1-1.2, which i did by using YAST2, also worked out very nice. Only difference was that YAST2 offered me a newer version of kernel-desktop-devel 2.6.37.2-1.1 instead of 1-1.2 .

But then my problems started:

Although installation completed fine, when first running it it failed, pointing me to the following error log:



Mär 06 21:23:45.750: app-140621960910592| Log for VMware Workstation pid=30860 version=7.1.3 build=build-324285 option=Release
Mär 06 21:23:45.750: app-140621960910592| The process is 64-bit.
Mär 06 21:23:45.750: app-140621960910592| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Mär 06 21:23:45.750: app-140621960910592| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-30860.log
Mär 06 21:23:45.948: app-140621960910592| System distribution is SuSE
Mär 06 21:23:45.948: app-140621960910592| System version is 11.4
Mär 06 21:23:45.948: app-140621960910592| modconf query interface initialized
Mär 06 21:23:45.949: app-140621960910592| modconf library initialized
Mär 06 21:23:45.995: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:45.999: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.000: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.006: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.010: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.010: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.029: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.033: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.033: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.060: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.063: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.064: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.085: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.089: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.089: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.157: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.161: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.164: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.168: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.172: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.212: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.216: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.219: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.223: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.227: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.231: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.235: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.235: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.255: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.259: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.259: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.478: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.481: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.485: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.489: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.492: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.498: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.504: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.504: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.523: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.528: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.528: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.641: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.644: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.649: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.653: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.656: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:47.073: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:47.074: app-140621960910592| Can't get required utilities make, tar, echo, grep, rmmod, insmod
Mär 06 21:23:47.074: app-140621960910592| Could not prepare build system.



Does any of you have an idea what could be wrong ? Do i have to 'downgrade' to the elder kernel-desktop-devel ?

Thanks

Christian

Same for me but on OpenSUSE 11.4

just installed OpenSUSE 11.4 and VMware Player and same response:
Mar 10 22:47:18.350: app-139681465902848| Log for VMware Workstation pid=12510 version=7.1.3 build=build-324285 option=Release
Mar 10 22:47:18.350: app-139681465902848| The process is 64-bit.
Mar 10 22:47:18.350: app-139681465902848| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Mar 10 22:47:18.350: app-139681465902848| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-12510.log
Mar 10 22:47:18.528: app-139681465902848| System distribution is SuSE
Mar 10 22:47:18.528: app-139681465902848| System version is 11.4
Mar 10 22:47:18.528: app-139681465902848| modconf query interface initialized
Mar 10 22:47:18.529: app-139681465902848| modconf library initialized
Mar 10 22:47:18.563: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.569: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.581: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.596: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.608: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.653: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.656: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.658: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.661: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.663: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.685: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.688: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.690: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.693: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.695: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.700: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.712: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.750: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.752: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.755: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.757: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.760: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.764: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.777: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:47:18.832: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.834: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.837: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.839: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.842: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.973: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:47:18.975: app-139681465902848| Can't get required utilities make, tar, echo, grep, rmmod, insmod
Mar 10 22:47:18.975: app-139681465902848| Could not prepare build system.
Mar 10 22:50:51.662: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.665: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.667: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.670: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.673: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.678: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:50:51.690: app-139681465902848| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 10 22:50:51.747: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.750: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.753: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.755: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 10 22:50:51.758: app-139681465902848| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.


Any one a solution??

Thanks,
Brian

Hi All,

finally solved for OpenSUSE 11.6 x64, used the following with some changes


http://linux.ioda.net/openSUSE/patch...62-opensuse.sh

Change this script line 4 to:

fpatch=vmware-7.1.3-2.6.37-9-generic.patch

to use the following file(unzipped):

http://communities.vmware.com/servle...eric.patch.zip

And working :-)

Thanks for your help!

Brian


Sources:
http://lizards.opensuse.org/2010/11/...kernel-2-6-37/

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1652300
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1685936

Thank you for your advice I got it works...
It's very helpful!!

Ubuntu 11.10
sudo sh ./[bundle name]
eg. sudo sh ./VMxxxxxxxxxx_x86_64.bundle

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