Hello friends,
I am trying to install VMware-workstation-5.5.0-18463 in my machine having FC5 installed.
I have also installed kernel-devel in my machine as suggested.
\# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-2.6.20-1.2307.fc5
kernel-devel-2.6.20-1.2307.fc5
But stil it is giving the following prblem:
\[root@dhcp209174123183 ~]# /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor \[ OK ]
Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.
In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? \[yes]
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
Can anybody please help me to find what the problem is?
Thanks,
RAMESH
I found the solution. I was able to install VMware Workstation in my machine by following these steps:
Here is how I installed VMware Workstation on FC5. I know there is another thread on the same topic, but this method is a little different, and I feel its easier. Feel free to use which ever you prefer.
Before you begin, you need to have kernel-devel or kernel-smp-devel (if u run smp kernel) along with the group 'Development Tools'
First I downloaded the VMware Workstation .tar.gz archive from vmware's website.
su -
\# Go to the directory where you downloaded VMware-workstation
cp VMware-workstation-*.tar.gz /tmp
cd /tmp
tar zxpf VMware-workstation-*.tar.gz
cd vmware-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
\# Answer No when Prompted to run vmware-config.pl
cd /tmp
wget http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update99.tar.gz
tar zxpf vmware-any-*.tar.gz
cd vmware-any-*
./runme.pl
\# This time, when asked to run vmware-config.pl, answer yes.
\# The default values worked fine for me.
Several other solutions:
1. Update your Workstation to the latest release, 5.5.3
2. Get the newest vmware-any-any-update (I think the newest is 108).