dema
September 18th, 2006, 05:09 PM
I'm trying to install VMWare with this guide:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183209
But I'm getting this (see the end):
Creating a new installer database using the tar3 format.
Installing the content of the package.
In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin] /home/dennis/wmware
The path "/home/dennis/wmware" does not exist currently. This program is going
to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes] yes
What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
[/etc] /etc
What is the directory that contains the init scripts?
[/etc/init.d]
In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?
[/home/dennis/sbin]
The path "/home/dennis/sbin" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the library files?
[/home/dennis/lib/vmware]
The path "/home/dennis/lib/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the manual files?
[/home/dennis/man]
The path "/home/dennis/man" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?
[/home/dennis/doc/vmware]
The path "/home/dennis/doc/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin".
Execution aborted.
dennis@dennis-laptop:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl
A previous installation of VMware software has been detected.
The previous installation was made by the tar installer (version 3).
Keeping the tar3 installer database format.
Uninstalling the tar installation of VMware Server.
Stopping internet superserver: xinetd.
Starting internet superserver: xinetd.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
The removal of VMware Server 1.0.1 build-29996 for Linux completed
successfully. Thank you for having tried this software.
Installing the content of the package.
In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/home/dennis/wmware]
The path "/home/dennis/wmware" does not exist currently. This program is going
to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
[/etc]
What is the directory that contains the init scripts?
[/etc/init.d]
In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?
[/home/dennis/sbin]
The path "/home/dennis/sbin" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the library files?
[/home/dennis/lib/vmware]
The path "/home/dennis/lib/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the manual files?
[/home/dennis/man]
The path "/home/dennis/man" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?
[/home/dennis/doc/vmware]
The path "/home/dennis/doc/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin".
Execution aborted.
dennis@dennis-laptop:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib$
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183209
But I'm getting this (see the end):
Creating a new installer database using the tar3 format.
Installing the content of the package.
In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin] /home/dennis/wmware
The path "/home/dennis/wmware" does not exist currently. This program is going
to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes] yes
What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
[/etc] /etc
What is the directory that contains the init scripts?
[/etc/init.d]
In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?
[/home/dennis/sbin]
The path "/home/dennis/sbin" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the library files?
[/home/dennis/lib/vmware]
The path "/home/dennis/lib/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the manual files?
[/home/dennis/man]
The path "/home/dennis/man" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?
[/home/dennis/doc/vmware]
The path "/home/dennis/doc/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin".
Execution aborted.
dennis@dennis-laptop:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl
A previous installation of VMware software has been detected.
The previous installation was made by the tar installer (version 3).
Keeping the tar3 installer database format.
Uninstalling the tar installation of VMware Server.
Stopping internet superserver: xinetd.
Starting internet superserver: xinetd.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
The removal of VMware Server 1.0.1 build-29996 for Linux completed
successfully. Thank you for having tried this software.
Installing the content of the package.
In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/home/dennis/wmware]
The path "/home/dennis/wmware" does not exist currently. This program is going
to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
[/etc]
What is the directory that contains the init scripts?
[/etc/init.d]
In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?
[/home/dennis/sbin]
The path "/home/dennis/sbin" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the library files?
[/home/dennis/lib/vmware]
The path "/home/dennis/lib/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the manual files?
[/home/dennis/man]
The path "/home/dennis/man" does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?
[/home/dennis/doc/vmware]
The path "/home/dennis/doc/vmware" does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin".
Execution aborted.
dennis@dennis-laptop:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib$