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FusionPenguin
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Workstation Player 12.1.1 on Linux Host : "No component found on update server"

Hi,

Trying to install VMWare Workstation Player 12.1.1 on a Linux Host (Linux Mint Debian Edition 2) running on an old Dual-Xeon MacPro I can install it successfully and I can also run a Windows guest (Windows 10-64Bit) as a VM.

But if I try to install VMWare tools, I get the following message : "No componenet found on update server".

I guess this is realted to 12.1.1 version of Workstation player.

Because if I downgrade to Workstation Player 12.1.0 and ope the same VM with that one, I can install VMWare tools flawlessly...

Anyone else getting this ?

Regards.

P.S. : sorry if this has been discussed multiple times already, but a quick look on discussion titles doesn't seem to talk about this...

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linux_imp
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Hi FusionPenguin,

same here, but on Debian Jessie host and Windows 7 32-bit guest.

Downgraded back to Player 12.1.0 build-3272444, and the error message is gone.

The latest VMware Tools which version 12.1.0 installs is 10.0.5.

Regards,

imp

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FusionPenguin
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Hi Linux_Imp,

Thanks for confirming that I am not the only one in this situation 🙂

Well, Linux Mint Debian Edition is also Jessie based 🙂

So there are two options I guess :

- VMWare forgot to put the VMWare tools on it's server or the link is not correct ;

- we did something wrong when installing in Debian...

I'll do some test and will post back if I find something.

Regards.

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FusionPenguin
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Hi,

Replying to myself.

After a hard Linux crash (why on earth did I decided to mess with GPU drivers ?) I reinstalled a new Linux system.

Still Debian, but I decided to go adventurous and took the "Strectch" branch, aka "Debian Testing"... which comes before SID (unstable).

I downloaded VMWare Workstation Player 12.1.1 again and installed Windows 10.

After it was done, I tried to install the VMWare tools.

AND IT WORKED 🙂

Info about the product says : 12.1.1 build-3770994...

So maybe check if there's a new really minor build ?

Or maybe the VMWare tools have now been made available on VMWare server ?

Anyways, it's working as it should now 🙂

Regards.

FRED

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linux_imp
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Hi FusionPenguin,

I've just reinstalled the Player 12.1.1 using the same installer as before, and now the VMware tools were successfully downloaded (version 10.0.6).

So I think the issue was somewhere on VMware servers.

Regards,

imp

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