Installation was unsuccessful.

tasikas — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:38:41 GMT

I'm trying to upgrade the workstation Pro on Linux Kubuntu 20.04 and I have an error.

$ sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.1-18811642.x86_64.bundle

Extracting VMware Installer...done.
Exception info : [UNIQUE constraint failed: files.path].
Check the log /var/log/vmware-installer for details.
[######################################################################] 100%
Installation was unsuccessful.

[2021-12-16 14:23:58,810]
[2021-12-16 14:23:58,810]
[2021-12-16 14:23:58,810] Installer running.
[2021-12-16 14:23:58,811] Command Line Arguments:
[2021-12-16 14:23:58,811] ['/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmware-installer.py', '--set-setting', 'vmware-installer', 'libconf', '', '--install-component', '/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer', '--install-bundle', '/media/are/Black2TB/bin/VMware Workstation/./VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.1-18811642.x86_64.bundle', '']
[2021-12-16 14:23:58,838] System installer version is: 3.0.0.17966106
[2021-12-16 14:23:58,839] Running installer version is: 3.0.0.18811642
[2021-12-16 14:23:58,839] Opening database file /etc/vmware-installer/database
[2021-12-16 14:23:59,048] Initialized UIAppControl. Located at: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-app-control
[2021-12-16 14:23:59,087] Top level exception handler
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/db.py", line 31, in decorator
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/db.py", line 478, in Add
cur = self._db.execute(statement, (path, mtime, fileType, component))
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/db.py", line 233, in execute
return self._db.execute(query, args)
sqlite3.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: files.path

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/transaction.py", line 470, in RunThreadedTransaction
txn.Execute(actions)
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/transaction.py", line 245, in Execute
u.Load(self.temp) # Up to load to create the connection and set up a remote component.
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/install.py", line 153, in Load
self._installer.RegisterFile(compiled)
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/installer.py", line 399, in RegisterFile
return self.proxyObject.RegisterFile(filename, mtime=mtime, fileType=fileType)
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/core/localinstallerops.py", line 387, in RegisterFile
db.files.Add(regfile, mtime, ftype, self._component.uid)
File "/tmp/vmis.uQiiRH/install/vmware-installer/vmis/db.py", line 33, in decorator
raise IntegrityError(str(e))
vmis.core.errors.IntegrityError: UNIQUE constraint failed: files.path

Any ideas what it can be?

Thank you.

Re: Installation was unsuccessful.

Sigtryggrr — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 03:26:06 GMT

I got past this same error (on the same versions across the board) using the /usr/bin/vmware-installer program, rather than trying to run the bundle installation directly, as I'd always done before:

siggy@linux ~  sudo /usr/bin/vmware-installer -i /home/siggy/Downloads/VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.3-19376536.x86_64.bundle  
Installing VMware Workstation 16.2.3
   Configuring...
[######################################################################] 100%
Installation was successful.

I was getting the same error in the terminal and /var/log/vmware-installer before doing this, and this is something I've never had to do in the past. The vmware-installer program also performed an uninstall of my 15.x Workstation version before installing my new bundle, so it may be as simple as uninstalling the older version prior. Either way, my network configs were retained and I'm happy to see the "Export to OVF..." option available on the upgraded version 16 Pro. I was missing that option on 15.x Pro for some reason.

-S

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