I receive the following message when trying to install VMware tools in Ubuntu 12.0.4 LTS server (64-bit)
UBUNTU:/tmp$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d
The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were
not installed by the VMware Installer. Please remove them then run this
installer again.
vmci
I.e. - 'rm /lib/modules/3.11.0-15-generic/misc/<ModuleName>.{o,ko}'
Execution aborted.
The path listed in the recommended method for removing the module doesn't exist.
Hi
Maybe you have the open-vm-tools installed.
Try:
sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools
Thanks for your reply Vitor.
I tried your suggestion, but it appears that open-vm-tools is not installed.
UBUNTU:~$ sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools
[sudo] password for xxxx:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package open-vm-tools is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
UBUNTU:~$
Any other recommendations?
Hi,
I recently had an similar issue, i had an vmtools failed instalation, and the setup refused to continue, i had to delete any vmware existing files.
Look for any folders named vmware in you system and either remove or rename those.
for instance search with:
find / -name vmware
delete with
rm -rf path
or rename
mv source new_name
Regards,
Vitor
One thing that will help narrow your search is that kernel modules have a .ko extension. Also your kernel modules are located in /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH. The last bit will obviously depend on what kernel version you're running. In my case I have two kernels installed, so I have a directory for each in /lib/modules. The following command will find any vmnet kernel modules (vmnet.ko) installed for any kernel in your system: find /lib/modules/ | grep vmnet You can replace vmnet with any other modules you're searching for.