Problem with installing VMware

[Paul Smith]

On 10/5/05, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > When trying to install the version 5.5 beta, I get the following error:
> > >
> > > # rpm -ihv VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
> > > Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
> > >
> > > error: %pre(VMwareWorkstation-5.5.0-16958.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> > > error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping
> > > VMwareWorkstation-5.5.0-16958
> >
> > rpm -qp --scripts VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
> > will tell you what it is trying to do - look for the preinstall script
> >
> > if you try running the command itself you may get a better idea what is
> > going on.
> > Incidentally this doesn't necessarily mean that the packages was *not*
> > installed. I would check this if I were you.
>
> Thanks, Stuart. I got this:
>
> # rpm -qp --scripts VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm | grep preinstall
> preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
> #

That is true. It is installed, but it says that I have to configure it
using vmware-config.pl. I am trying to locate vmware-config.pl to do
the needed configuration.

Paul