Unable to install VMware Tools 4.0 on 12.04 Ubuntu ...

[wcw43210]

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.

[VitorJorge]

Hi

Maybe you have the open-vm-tools installed.

Try:

sudo apt-get remove open-vm-tools

[wcw43210]

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?

[VitorJorge]

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

[TommyFreddy]

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.