Installing VM Player using script in Linux

[u03pje]

Has anyone installed VM Player automatically using a script in Linux before? If so, how?

[andrew204]

Not sure what you mwan by installing by script, but "sudo VMware-Player-3.0.0-203739.i386.bundle" is all it took for me. It de-installs the existing software and installs the new one.

[u03pje]

I am trying to deploy a standard Linux image to a number of PCs, and I want VM Player to be installed as part of that. Linux can be installed using the kickstart, I'm wondering if I can install VM Player in the POST section of the kickstart, rather than installing on an individual basis?

[kissanej]

These are the two lines from my kickstart script that installs VMPlayer 3.0 under Fedora 12.

echo "Installing VMWare Player ..."

sh <long path snipped>/VMware-Player-3.0.0-203739.x86_64.bundle --required

echo "Renaming VMware mozilla-root-certs (needed until updated player available)"

mv /usr/lib/vmware/resources/mozilla-root-certs.crt /usr/lib/vmware/resources/mozilla-root-certs.crt.old

[u03pje]

Cheers kissanej,

I presume the addition of these two lines will result in no user interaction with the install process?

[kissanej · Accepted solution]

Exactly that!