My vmware workstation 12 pro won't start

[j_u]

Please help, my vmware workstation 12 pro won't start.

The installation is complete, but it won't start.

My host is

     kernel ------  Kali 4.19.20

     O.S  --------  Kali Linux

[vcallaway]

Are there any error details you can share?

[j_u]

It doesn't show any.

It just loads and stops without opening.

Is there any command i can run to check for errors?

[continuum]

open a terminal as root  and enter "vmware"

[j_u]

This is what it showed

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig: Relink `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0' with `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1' for IFUNC symbol `clock_gettime'

[continuum]

Looks like your Kali does not have all the required dependancies.

Search for an installation.log for details - there should be one.

Maybe youtube helps - see for example Kali Linux Tutorials : How To Install Vmware Workstation (Kali Sana) - YouTube

[j_u]

While following the video, i got this above.  with this command from the video         ~/Downloads# ./VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.9-7535481.x86_64.bundle

It's already installed but it can't start

[j_u]

I tried installing vm tools with this command      -------------  apt-get install open-vm-tools

I got this

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

open-vm-tools is already the newest version (2:10.3.10-1).

open-vm-tools set to manually installed.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 369 not upgraded.

[continuum]

Did you try to install open-vm-tools on your host ?
Why ??? - that makes no sense at all.

[j_u]

I was thinking my host lacked that.

Just saw it online

[continuum]

Can you create and run VMs now ?

[j_u]

No.

Its not still starting

[continuum]

Any new messages on the commandline ?

[j_u]

No, still thesame

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig: Relink `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0' with `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1' for IFUNC symbol `clock_gettime'

[continuum · Accepted solution]

Read Bug #1715552 “VMWare does not start” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu​

maybe the problem is the same ?

Did you find the installation log files ?

[j_u]

Thanks a lot, this command worked.

cd /usr/lib/

vmware/lib/libz.so.1
      sudo mv libz.so.1 libz.so.1.old
      sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 .
      sudo depmod -a
      sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart

I appreciate your help.