Need help installing VMware tools on backtrack 5 R2 virtual machine
Hello I'm in desperate need of help installing VMware tools in an installation of Backtrack 5 r2
on a virtual machine. So I ran the following commands to install the tools. cd /media/Vmware\ Tools/ cp Vmwaretools-8.9.1-646321.tar.gz /tmp cd /tmp tar -xf Vmwaretools-8.9.1-646321.tar.gz cd vmware-tools-distrib/ ls ./vmware-install.pl And ran command vmware-config-tools.pl But when i Try to finish the installation and configure the tools I always get the same error. This is the sequence of what i see before I get the error. the vmware filesystem sync driver allows external third-party backup software that is integrated with vsphere to create backups of the virtual machine. Do you wish to enable this feature [no]= default hit enter Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed Make gcc Kernel headers of the running machine Gcc binary detected at/usr/bin/gcc the path appears to be valid would you like to change it?[no]= default hit enter valid kernel header path detected at /lib/modules/3.2.6/build/include the path appears to be valid would you like to change it[no]= default hit enter The module vmxnet3 has already been installed and wont be modified by this installer use the flag --clobber-Kernel-modules=vmxnet to override The module pvsci has already been installed and wont be modified by this installer use the flag --clobber-Kernel-modules=pvscs1 to override the module vmmemctl has already been installed and wont be modified by this installer use the flag --clobber-Kernel-module=vmmemctl to override the vmware host-guest filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS and the guest OS in a fusion or workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature[yes]= default hit enter !!![EXPERIMENTAL]!! VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic building and installation of VMware kernel modules at boot they are not already present. Enable? [no]=default hit enter and finally i get this error and VMware tools are aborted Error Unable to create symlink "/etc/cups/ppd/vmware_Virtual_Printer.ppd" pointing to file "/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/thinprint.ppd". I have tried enabling virtual printer and got the error and also I tried disabling it with same result. I have even tried deleting the Virtual printer completely from the VM options with same result ,Nor do I even have a printer connected to my computer at all. I also don't have access to the GUI interface installer,just command line also there is no option to extract the files only the option to open with and I always type tar.Is there something else I should type to get the Gui installer? Please any help with be a life saver Thanks |
Backtrack ASSUMES that YOU can port the bt4 tutorial to BT5
and do this using a DIFFERENT VM environment see the old bt4 tutorial http://www.backtrack-linux.org/tutorials/ http://www.backtrack-linux.org/tutor...mware-install/ if YOU can not port this then you probably should NOT be using BT look at installing Linux Mint http://linuxmint.com/ |
[QUOTE=John VV;4741684]
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Maybe BT should assume less... after all we know what happens when we ass-u-me. FYI I am a newbie and running BT not because it's cool or because I'm a super geek and wanna hack shit, but because after trying 3 different builds this one WORKS. My lap top is a POS I can't afford to replace, and reading people's comments about how stupid newbs are is getting annoying. So please if you can, try not to assume much about a newbie and their build choice. Thanks |
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