How to Install VMware 6.5 Workstation on SUSE Linux 11 64 bi

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How to Install VMware 6.5 Workstation on SUSE Linux 11 64 bit
22-Sep-2009 11:16 AM

Applies to: SUSE Linux 11.0 (SLED 11/ SLES 11)

Prerequisite

• VMware 6.5_86_64 Workstation
• kernel-source
• gcc
• gcc-c++

Problem:

Currently if a user tries to install VMware-Workstation-6.5.0-xxxxxx.x86_64.rpm on SLE 11 (SLED/SLES 11 64 bit), the installation of VMware goes through fine, but if user tries to launch the VMware workstation it fails.

When a user tries to start the application through the icon shortcut, it brings up a taskbar, but after a few seconds, it closes with no windows or error messages.

When run from the terminal using the command, "vmware &" the following error is recorded:

*** \@:~> vmware & [1] 25991 \@:~> Logging to /tmp/vmware-CAMPUS\awj071000/setup-25996.log (vmware-modconfig:25996): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qtcurve", /usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:72: error: unexpected identifier `colorize_scrollbar', expected character `}' modinfo: could not find module vmmon modinfo: could not find module vmnet modinfo: could not find module vmblock modinfo: could not find module vmci modinfo: could not find module vsock modinfo: could not find module vmmon modinfo: could not find module vmnet modinfo: could not find module vmblock modinfo: could not find module vmci modinfo: could not find module vsock /usr/bin/vmware: line 31: 25996 Segmentation fault "$BINDIR"/vmware-modconfig --appname="VMware Workstation" --icon="vmware-workstation" [1]+ Exit 1 vmware *** Checking the log file yields this:

*** Mar 13 08:44:59.426: app| Log for VMware Workstation pid=25996 version=6.5.1 build=build-126130 option=Release Mar 13 08:44:59.426: app| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8 Mar 13 08:44:59.426: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-\/setup-25996.log /tmp/vmware- /setup-25996.log lines 1-3/3 (END) Solution:

1. Installation of gcc and gcc-c++ packages
   1. Open yast2
   2. Go to Software Management
   3. Search for gcc
   4. Check gcc and gcc-c++ from yast2 and click on Install.
   5. Check whether proper versions of gcc and gcc-c++ are installed
      rpm -qa gcc gcc-c++
      gcc-4.3-62.198
      gcc-c++-4.3-62.198
2. Installation of Kernel Source
   1. Open yast2
   2. Go to Software Management
   3. Search for kernel
   4. Check Kernel Hearders 2.6.27.19.5-1-default
      kernel-source Summary: The Linux Kernel source Installer: 2.6.27.19.5-1-default
3. Once the above two steps are done, run rpm package rpm -ivh Vmware-Workstation-6.5.0-118166.x86_64.rpm command.
4. Create a folder under /tmp/vmare
   Go to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary and move all the files under binary to /tmp/vmware
   mv /usr/lib/vmware /tmp/vmware
5. Go to /usr/bin
   Run ./vmware
   Few files will be installed which can be seen in terminal and VMWare workstaion window will be launched.
6. Can be launched VMWare Workstation from Computer-More Applications

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