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RHEL-8 guest falure under V15.5
Please help a newcomer to VMWARE and RHEL-8,
I have successfully installed, on my Win-10 laptop, VMWARE Workstation V15.5 followed by creating a new Linux virtual machine plus having the VMWARE wizard complete the guest installation
from the RHEL-8 ISO file.
Although I was not given the opportunity to select the GUI interface, the guest RHEL-8 started normally and I was able to login with my user-id / password and execute a few simple commands
until I tried to execute a “man -k user” command that completely failed to produce the expected results.
I repeated it with diagnostics via “man -k -d user” which shows various missing files that may point to the root of the problem.
Please review my session log below and thanks for any help in this matter.
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[rhmiker@localhost ~]$ whoami
rhmiker
[rhmiker@localhost ~]$ hostname
localhost.localdomain
[rhmiker@localhost ~]$ date
Wed Dec 11 12:53:34 PST 2019
[rhmiker@localhost ~]$ hostname -V
hostname 3.20
[rhmiker@localhost ~]$ man -k user
user: nothing appropriate.
[rhmiker@localhost ~]$ man -k -d user
From the config file /etc/man_db.conf:
Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'.
Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'.
Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'.
Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'.
Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'.
Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'.
Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'.
Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'.
Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'.
Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'.
Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'.
Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'.
Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'.
Added section `1'.
Added section `1p'.
Added section `8'.
Added section `2'.
Added section `3'.
Added section `3p'.
Added section `4'.
Added section `5'.
Added section `6'.
Added section `7'.
Added section `9'.
Added section `0p'.
Added section `n'.
Added section `l'.
Added section `p'.
Added section `o'.
Added section `1x'.
Added section `2x'.
Added section `3x'.
Added section `4x'.
Added section `5x'.
Added section `6x'.
Added section `7x'.
Added section `8x'.
`/usr/man' `' `1'
`/usr/share/man' `' `1'
`/usr/local/share/man' `' `1'
`/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/man' `0'
`/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0'
`/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/man' `0'
`/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0'
`/usr/X11R6/bin' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0'
`/usr/bin/X11' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0'
`/usr/games' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/opt/bin' `/opt/man' `0'
`/opt/sbin' `/opt/man' `0'
`/usr/man' `/var/cache/man/fsstnd' `-1'
`/usr/share/man' `/var/cache/man' `-1'
`/usr/local/man' `/var/cache/man/oldlocal' `-1'
`/usr/local/share/man' `/var/cache/man/local' `-1'
`/usr/X11R6/man' `/var/cache/man/X11R6' `-1'
`/opt/man' `/var/cache/man/opt' `-1'
`1' `' `-5'
`1p' `' `-5'
`8' `' `-5'
`2' `' `-5'
`3' `' `-5'
`3p' `' `-5'
`4' `' `-5'
`5' `' `-5'
`6' `' `-5'
`7' `' `-5'
`9' `' `-5'
`0p' `' `-5'
`n' `' `-5'
`l' `' `-5'
`p' `' `-5'
`o' `' `-5'
`1x' `' `-5'
`2x' `' `-5'
`3x' `' `-5'
`4x' `' `-5'
`5x' `' `-5'
`6x' `' `-5'
`7x' `' `-5'
`8x' `' `-5'
From the config file /etc/man_db.conf:
Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'.
Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'.
Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'.
Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'.
Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'.
Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'.
Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'.
Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'.
Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'.
Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'.
Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'.
Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'.
Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'.
Added section `1'.
Added section `1p'.
Added section `8'.
Added section `2'.
Added section `3'.
Added section `3p'.
Added section `4'.
Added section `5'.
Added section `6'.
Added section `7'.
Added section `9'.
Added section `0p'.
Added section `n'.
Added section `l'.
Added section `p'.
Added section `o'.
Added section `1x'.
Added section `2x'.
Added section `3x'.
Added section `4x'.
Added section `5x'.
Added section `6x'.
Added section `7x'.
Added section `8x'.
`/usr/man' `' `1'
`/usr/share/man' `' `1'
`/usr/local/share/man' `' `1'
`/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/man' `0'
`/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0'
`/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/man' `0'
`/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0'
`/usr/X11R6/bin' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0'
`/usr/bin/X11' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0'
`/usr/games' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/opt/bin' `/opt/man' `0'
`/opt/sbin' `/opt/man' `0'
`/usr/man' `/var/cache/man/fsstnd' `-1'
`/usr/share/man' `/var/cache/man' `-1'
`/usr/local/man' `/var/cache/man/oldlocal' `-1'
`/usr/local/share/man' `/var/cache/man/local' `-1'
`/usr/X11R6/man' `/var/cache/man/X11R6' `-1'
`/opt/man' `/var/cache/man/opt' `-1'
`1' `' `-5'
`1p' `' `-5'
`8' `' `-5'
`2' `' `-5'
`3' `' `-5'
`3p' `' `-5'
`4' `' `-5'
`5' `' `-5'
`6' `' `-5'
`7' `' `-5'
`9' `' `-5'
`0p' `' `-5'
`n' `' `-5'
`l' `' `-5'
`p' `' `-5'
`o' `' `-5'
`1x' `' `-5'
`2x' `' `-5'
`3x' `' `-5'
`4x' `' `-5'
`5x' `' `-5'
`6x' `' `-5'
`7x' `' `-5'
`8x' `' `-5'
path directory /home/rhmiker/.local/bin is not in the config file
and doesn't have ../man, man, ../share/man, or share/man subdirectories
path directory /home/rhmiker/bin is not in the config file
and doesn't have ../man, man, ../share/man, or share/man subdirectories
path directory /home/rhmiker/.local/bin is not in the config file
and doesn't have ../man, man, ../share/man, or share/man subdirectories
path directory /home/rhmiker/bin is not in the config file
and doesn't have ../man, man, ../share/man, or share/man subdirectories
path directory /usr/local/bin is in the config file
warning: /usr/local/man: No such file or directory
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpath
path directory /usr/local/sbin is in the config file
warning: /usr/local/man: No such file or directory
/usr/local/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /usr/bin is in the config file
adding /usr/share/man to manpath
path directory /usr/sbin is in the config file
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
adding mandatory man directories
warning: /usr/man: No such file or directory
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
/usr/local/share/man is already in the manpath
add_nls_manpaths(): processing /usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man
checking for locale en_US.UTF-8
warning: /usr/local/share/man/overrides: No such file or directory
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/share/man/overrides to manpathlist
adding /usr/share/man to manpathlist
warning: /usr/local/share/man/overrides: No such file or directory
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/share/man/overrides to manpathlist
adding /usr/share/man to manpathlist
Removing duplicate manpath entry /usr/local/share/man (3) -> /usr/local/share/man (0)
Removing duplicate manpath entry /usr/share/man/overrides (3) -> /usr/share/man/overrides (1)
Removing duplicate manpath entry /usr/share/man (3) -> /usr/share/man (2)
final search path = /usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man/overrides:/usr/share/man
path=/usr/local/share/man
warning: can't read the fallback whatis text database /usr/local/share/man/whatis
path=/usr/share/man/overrides
warning: can't read the fallback whatis text database /usr/share/man/overrides/whatis
path=/usr/share/man
warning: can't read the fallback whatis text database /usr/share/man/whatis
user: nothing appropriate.
hashtable_free: 0 entries, 0 (0%) unique
[rhmiker@localhost ~]$
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After browsing various discussions and Red Hat intro pages I found “RHEL 8 VirtualBox Quick Install” by Mike Guerette, Technical Marketing Manager at Red Hat.
Although it does not describe the VMWARE install, it became clear to me that I had not registered my new RHEL-8 system and that most probably it was missing the necessary tools.
With that in mind I started a Linux Terminal session and proceeded with:
1. Start a root shell:
[rhmiker@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
2. Register my new RHEL-8 system:
[root@localhost rhmiker]# subscription-manager register --auto-attach
3. Check the existence of BaseOS and AppStream repos:
[root@localhost rhmiker]# yum repolist
4. Install latest updates:
[root@localhost rhmiker]# sudo yum update
5. Reboot with the updated kernel package:
[root@localhost rhmiker]# reboot
6. Install Development Tools:
[root@localhost rhmiker]# sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
7. install kernel development packages:
[root@localhost rhmiker]# sudo yum install kernel-devel elfutils-libelf-devel
8. install Python on RHEL-8
[root@localhost rhmiker]# yum install python3
9. install Java 8 and 11 on RHEL-8
[root@localhost rhmiker]# sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel
[root@localhost rhmiker]# sudo yum install java-11-openjdk-devel
And now the “man” command behaves as expected and I can resume my Linux education.