from the vmware-installer log:
[2016-08-17 15:34:04,801] Installer running.
[2016-08-17 15:34:04,801] Command Line Arguments:
[2016-08-17 15:34:04,801] ['/usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/...
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from the vmware-installer log:
[2016-08-17 15:34:04,801] Installer running.
[2016-08-17 15:34:04,801] Command Line Arguments:
[2016-08-17 15:34:04,801] ['/usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmware-installer.py', '-t', '--console']
[2016-08-17 15:34:04,802] UI Initialization failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmware-installer.py", line 288, in main
ui.Initialize(options.ui)
File "/usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis/ui/__init__.py", line 83, in Initialize
exec 'from vmis.ui.null import *' in globals()
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis/ui/null.py", line 13, in <module>
from vmis.ui import console
File "/usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmis/ui/console.py", line 9, in <module>
import curses
File "/usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/python/lib/curses/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
from _curses import *
ImportError: libncursesw.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I have two python versions installed, 3.5.2 and 2.7.12 and both can import curses, so I assume this is with the VMWare provided python which is linked to ncurses 5 (my system has only ncurses 6 installed). I am also not sure why it is trying to run the console version at all, as this is being triggered from the GUI after it downloaded the vmware tools update. Shouldn't it be launching the --gtk version (which does appear to work if I run it manually from the command line)?
