Hello!
I just installed Fedora 12 onto my Mac under Fusion, and the process went rather smooth. However, I'm not sure how to install VMWare Tools onto Fedora. I'm a complete Fedora newbie, so I'm not exactly sure how to install it.
Thanks!
Nathan
You need to install the tools as "root". During the install process of
Fedora, you needed to enter a "root" password. So, to install:
-In terminal, navigate into vmware-tools-dist as you did before.
-type in the following: su
-Press return
-you will be prompted for the password, enter the root password
at this prompt
-you will then be logged in the terminal session as root
then you can enter ./vmware-install.pl
-you can accept all the defaults when prompted and all should be
well.
-Then close the terminal session.
-Next, logout and log back in again or reboot for changes to take effect.
I usually reboot just to make sure everything is reloaded properly.
Now, if you don't remember your root password, your basically hosed since
you need that to even to create sudoers.
You installed the Tools not too long ago in Ubuntu ( ) , what process have you attempted in Fedora?
You could read the VMware Fusion > Help file as it states how to Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine.
Looked through both, and I'm almost there. Was able to unarchive it from the GUI, and I currently have the file stored in my tmp directory. However, when I go to Terminal to Install it, I get this:
$ cd /tmp $ cd vmware-tools-distrib $ sudo ./vmware-install.pl password for nathanparker: nathanparker is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. $ ./vmware-install.pl Please re-run this program as the super user. Execution aborted. $
How do I get my account in the sudoers file? Once I can run it as sudo, I'll probably have it. That, or is there a way to run this from root? I tried just running it, but it needs super-user,
Almost there...
You need to install the tools as "root". During the install process of
Fedora, you needed to enter a "root" password. So, to install:
-In terminal, navigate into vmware-tools-dist as you did before.
-type in the following: su
-Press return
-you will be prompted for the password, enter the root password
at this prompt
-you will then be logged in the terminal session as root
then you can enter ./vmware-install.pl
-you can accept all the defaults when prompted and all should be
well.
-Then close the terminal session.
-Next, logout and log back in again or reboot for changes to take effect.
I usually reboot just to make sure everything is reloaded properly.
Now, if you don't remember your root password, your basically hosed since
you need that to even to create sudoers.
Now, if you don't remember your root password, your basically hosed
Not really since one can always boot to single-user mode and use the passwd command to reset the root (or other accounts) password(s)!
That seemed to do the trick! Thanks a bunch! I knew my root password since I just installed the OS, plus I chose a password I'd always remember.
Yeah, I'm familiar with that on Macs. Handy feature.
Duh, your right! Was early in the morning and hadn't
had my full dose of caffeine yet.
I'm trying to install VMWare Tools in Fedora 14 64 Bit. Seems I can't get the ./vmware-install.pl to run, even in root. Here's my current Terminal:
[gempak@WxBugLIVEWorkstation ~]$ su root
Password:
[root@WxBugLIVEWorkstation gempak]# cd vmware-tools-distrib
[root@WxBugLIVEWorkstation vmware-tools-distrib]# .vmware-install.pl
bash: .vmware-install.pl: command not found...
[root@WxBugLIVEWorkstation vmware-tools-distrib]# ./vmware-install.pl
bash: ./vmware-install.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
[root@WxBugLIVEWorkstation vmware-tools-distrib]# vmware-install.pl
bash: vmware-install.pl: command not found...
[root@WxBugLIVEWorkstation vmware-tools-distrib]#
What do I need to do to get ./vmware-install.pl to run?
Thanks!
Nathan
Technically this should go in a new thread, as we're dealing with different versions of everything.
But, since we're here...
The error you're getting does spell out the problem.
[root@WxBugLIVEWorkstation vmware-tools-distrib]# ./vmware-install.pl
bash: ./vmware-install.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
So, it looks like perl isn't installed, or isn't in your path, or perhaps is in a different directory than /usr/bin/perl.
if you type 'which perl' at the command line, what is the result?
Yeah, it should. Usually when I put stuff like this in a new thread though, someone always asks me to reference the old thread. 🙂
Here's the results of Perl. Does it look OK?