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Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

IntenseMilk — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 03:42:14 GMT

When attempting to install vmware tools.. I get an error after initializing and it looks something like this:

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Here is the error typed out if you don't trust links :

Initializing...

Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped

Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

Unable to stop services for VMware tools

Execution aborted.

Please help, thank you very much

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

LPuentes — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 14:28:45 GMT

Hi IntenseMilk,

I had the same problem when trying to install Arch+i3wm+vmwaretools(10.1.6)

Problem:

when invoking vmware-install.pl, I got:

Failed to stop vmware-tools.service or vmware-tools-thinprint.service

Solution:

After invoking vmware-install.pl with a "Execution Aborted" message.

Execute:

sudo perl /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl --skip-stop-start

This will allow you to finish your installation/configuration.

You can check that: /etc/init.d/rc0.d and rc6.d have files for you next steps of configuring your guest.

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

JoseVaca — Wed, 10 May 2017 17:33:34 GMT

Just had the same issue with an Ubuntu 16.04 guest, then I realized that while installing with defaults (using "sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d"), the init scripts directory was set to "/etc/rc.d" instead of "/etc/init.d", so after setting it manually the installation finished successfully.

Hope this helps!

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

edwardsereed — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:23:16 GMT

Thank you - this resolved my problem updating vmware-tools on OpenSuSE 12.1-64 guest running on Win10 host using vmware-desktop.

Who the hell creates 13,000 line perl scripts?

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

Wandereran — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:48:57 GMT

Thx - excellent - works for me too

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

Wandereran — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:00:36 GMT

Have the similar issue with workstation vmware-player 16.2. - Host Kubuntu 22.04 and guest Open Suse 15.4. - your tip with "sudo perl /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl --skip-stop-start worked perfect. The 2nd with "sudo ./vmware-install.pl" did not.

Thx al lot.

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

Technogeezer — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:08:12 GMT

@Wandereran You do not need to install VMware Tools on either of these Linux operating systems. Install the open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop packages provided by the distributions.

VMware Tools for Linux are only maintained by VMware for older Linux distributions that do not provide open-vM-tools.

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

Wandereran — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 09:55:22 GMT

The Opem-VM; has some disavantages. For example if you want to mount a partition of host system it does mostly not work. This was here my motivation to do it with the original vmware-tools. And it worked.

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

Wandereran — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 10:03:48 GMT

Thx for your hint - Technogeezer

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

Wandereran — Sat, 15 Oct 2022 10:10:07 GMT

Testing

Re: Failed to stop vmware-tools.service: Unit vmware-tools.service not loaded.

Wandereran — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 14:45:41 GMT

supplement:

Hi Technogeezer,
after a short time the VM-Ware guest Fedora 36 give the message that the VM-Ware-Tools are not working. Reinstalling failed because of an error and I am feeling forced to install open-vm-tools facing the same issue(folder hgfs is empty).
With the command "vmware-hgfsclient" I can see the set up shares. Inside the guest the command

sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs/ -o allow_other -o uid=1000

found in "ask ubuntu" solved the issue. Now inside the guest the folder hgfs shows the mounted shared folders.

Regards