Problem with installing VMware

[Stuart Sears]

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Paul Smith 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):
The grep won't work as expected in this case as the preinstall script
could have many lines. Try piping the output through a pager such as
less to see what it is really doing...


Stuart

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