Trying to install free trial of VMWare

Questions about applications and software
Forum rules
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
Locked
User avatar
martinfromdublin
Level 2
Level 2
Posts: 76
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:48 pm
Location: Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

Trying to install free trial of VMWare

Post by martinfromdublin »

I downladed a 30 day free trial of VMWare as a tar file but I can't get it to install. I follow the instructions on VMWare's website and here's what I get.

The file is in my own directory in the 'dowloads' folder. so I go

martin@martin-laptop:~$ sudo su
Password:
root@martin-laptop:/home/martin# ar zxpf VMware-downloads.tar.gz
ar: illegal option -- z
Usage: ar [emulation options] [-]{dmpqrstx}[abcfilNoPsSuvV] [member-name] [count] archive-file file...
ar -M [<mri-script]
commands:
d - delete file(s) from the archive
m[ab] - move file(s) in the archive
p - print file(s) found in the archive
q[f] - quick append file(s) to the archive
r[ab][f] - replace existing or insert new file(s) into the archive
t - display contents of archive
x[o] - extract file(s) from the archive
command specific modifiers:
[a] - put file(s) after [member-name]
- put file(s) before [member-name] (same as )
[N] - use instance [count] of name
[f] - truncate inserted file names
[P] - use full path names when matching
[o] - preserve original dates
- only replace files that are newer than current archive contents
generic modifiers:
- do not warn if the library had to be created
[s] - create an archive index (cf. ranlib)
[S] - do not build a symbol table
[v] - be verbose
[V] - display the version number
@<file> - read options from <file>
emulation options:
No emulation specific options
ar: supported targets: elf32-i386 a.out-i386-linux efi-app-ia32 elf32-little elf32-big elf64-x86-64 elf64-little elf64-big srec symbolsrec tekhex binary ihex trad-core

Next, as per the VMWare user's manual I try;

root@martin-laptop:/home/martin# cd vmware-distrib
bash: cd: vmware-distrib: No such file or directory
root@martin-laptop:/home/martin#

What am I doing wrong? Is it because I first clicked to open the tar file using the archive manager?

Martin
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
rec9140

Re: Trying to install free trial of VMWare

Post by rec9140 »

martinfromdublin wrote:The file is in my own directory in the 'dowloads' folder. so I go

martin@martin-laptop:~$ sudo su
Password:
root@martin-laptop:/home/martin# ar zxpf VMware-downloads.tar.gz
ar: illegal option -- z


What am I doing wrong? Is it because I first clicked to open the tar file using the archive manager?
use:

Code: Select all

tar zxpf VMware-downloads.tar.gz
see the t

tar zxpf VMware-downloads.tar.gz
User avatar
martinfromdublin
Level 2
Level 2
Posts: 76
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:48 pm
Location: Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

Re: Trying to install free trial of VMWare

Post by martinfromdublin »

Still no joy......

root@martin-laptop:/home/martin# tar zxpf VMware-downloads.tar.gz
tar: VMware-downloads.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
root@martin-laptop:/home/martin#
User avatar
newW2
Level 5
Level 5
Posts: 821
Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:24 am
Location: USA

Re: Trying to install free trial of VMWare

Post by newW2 »

You should be able to double click the tarball to extract the VMWare folder containing the script to install the product. Else use:
tar -zxvf /path_to_the_.tar.gz_file
I expected to see more in the way of a name. Actually I would copy the file to the desktop. Then the command would be:

Code: Select all

tar -zxvf /home/your-username/Desktop/VMware-workstation-version-###.i386.tar.gz
Once extracted cd to the folder and run the script:
sudo /path to the extracted folder/script_file (if I recall it will be a perl script)
User avatar
martinfromdublin
Level 2
Level 2
Posts: 76
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:48 pm
Location: Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

Re: Trying to install free trial of VMWare

Post by martinfromdublin »

Okay, got a little further but not too far. I copied the file to a 'tmp' folder like the manual that came with vmware suggests. I get to the next stage and then this pops up;

root@martin-laptop:/tmp# cd vmware-distrib
root@martin-laptop:/tmp/vmware-distrib# ./vmware-install.pl
The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were
not installed by the VMware Installer. Please remove them then run this
installer again.

vmdesched
vmmemctl
vmxnet
vmmon
vmnet

Execution aborted.

root@martin-laptop:/tmp/vmware-distrib#

What does this mean :?:


Martin
User avatar
martinfromdublin
Level 2
Level 2
Posts: 76
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:48 pm
Location: Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

Re: Trying to install free trial of VMWare

Post by martinfromdublin »

This is now resolved!I ran a search in Synaptic to see if I could find anything against the package name 'vmware' and found 2 I must have installed at an earlier stage. I removed them using Synaptic and ran the installer again and this time...success!

Thanks fro all the help!
User avatar
martinfromdublin
Level 2
Level 2
Posts: 76
Joined: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:48 pm
Location: Dublin, Rep. of Ireland

Re: Trying to install free trial of VMWare

Post by martinfromdublin »

After all that hassle it doesn't work.....!!! Get a lot of error messages and a notice to advise VMWare of the trouble.

I don't know whether to laugh :lol: or cry :(

Martin
Locked

Return to “Software & Applications”