Comments on: Install VMware Tools on Ubuntu Edgy With VMware 5.5.3

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:22:13 +0000

I’m having a similar problem as InDiSent (29 April 2008 post) — installing tools on Ubuntu 8.10 in VMware Fusion (v.2.0 build 116369) on an iMac and also on XP Pro and Vista host boxes running Workstation 6.5. I’m a total newbi to linux and am completely lost when it comes to using the terminal, so, I’m sure that I’m doing something wrong or missing a step somewhere. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

By: InDiSent

InDiSent — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:00:02 +0000

Hey Guys,

I’m trying to install vmware tools in Ubuntu 8.04. It’s a little differrent and I am getting a prompt that is not covered in the how-to. Any ideas? Here’s how it looks:

xxxxx@Ubuntu:~$ ls
Desktop Examples Pictures Templates vmware-tools-distrib
Documents Music Public Videos
xxxxx@Ubuntu:~$ cd vmware-tools-distrib
xxxxx@Ubuntu:~/vmware-tools-distrib$ sudo ./vmware-tools.pl
[sudo] password for xxxxx:
sudo: ./vmware-tools.pl: command not found
xxxxx@Ubuntu:~/vmware-tools-distrib$ ls
bin doc etc FILES INSTALL installer lib vmware-install.pl
xxxxx@Ubuntu:~/vmware-tools-distrib$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl
Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using the tar4 format.

Installing VMware Tools.

In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin]

Where do iwant to install the binary files? I’m using VmWare 6.03. Thanks.

By: Aaron Smith

Aaron Smith — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:52:15 +0000

# In response to Al
#I just tried installing the vmware tools but the install failed because I wasn’t in the right directory when I #executed:
#
#sudo ./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
#
#now, when I try to run it from the correct directory I get a failure message saying:
#A previous installation of VMware software has been detected.
#
#Failure
#
#Execution Aborted

Another way to get around this it to go into the /etc dir and rename the folder ./vmware to ./vmware.bak
from command line this would be
$ mv /etc/vmware /ect/vmware.bak
then try to reinstall
You should be all set, i had to figure this out myself cause there was no vmware-uninstall.pl
Good luck people!
The only reason I am leaving this is if you find it via google and need help!!!

By: xant

xant — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:14:43 +0000

Go to the bin dir, and run the vmware-uninstall.pl script. Then install will work.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:05:20 +0000

I just tried installing the vmware tools but the install failed because I wasn’t in the right directory when I executed:

sudo ./vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl

now, when I try to run it from the correct directory I get a failure message saying:
A previous installation of VMware software has been detected.

Failure

Execution Aborted

How can I reset this so that I can properly run the install? I’m a Linux noob. Thanks in advance.

By: Byte-Biter

Byte-Biter — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:30:01 +0000

Addendum: The ethernetcard-icon is in the statusbar (typically te right bottom).

By: Byte-Biter

Byte-Biter — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:14:01 +0000

Hello,

I have installed Kubuntu 7.04 in VMware Workstation 5.5.3.
I am quite new at Linux I just have a little bit of experience with Suse10.x (in VMware 5.0). And Suse knew how to deal with the VMware RPM…

I followed the guide here and ran into trouble. VMware tools are running (succes!) but now VMware says the networkcard is not running…

Here’s what happend:

—–
sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
sudo rmmod pcnet32 –>> Error: command not found
sudo rmmod vmxnet –>> Error: command not found
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe vmxnet –>> Error: command not found
sudo /etc/init.d/networking start –>> All kinds of error about not finding hardware
—–

After rebooting though, I clicked the ethernetcard-icon (with the cross) in the VMware and checked “connected” (connect on start on was already checked (it’s ‘bridged’)) and it worked again!

So what started out as a question turned out to become a tip for n00bs just like me

Thanks @ The Geek for the instructions.

Byte-Biter

By: Yuval

Yuval — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:48:01 +0000

I had the same networking issues and I resolved it somehow. The problem is that the DNS does not work well. What I did to fix:
1. Disabled ipv6 (look up in google how)
2. Edited /etc/resolv.conf to have my router’s address as the DNS server and not the vmware one.

That did it. It’s now working very nice..

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:11:05 +0000

hi, I’m having a hard time setting up the VMware tool 5.5.3 in my ubuntu 6.10(Edgy Eft), I did as instructed but I still cannot get my VMware tool to work..

I extracted d file into my desktop, and I ran it using my terminal as written above, the installation process is smooth until the last part while it was configuring for the first time run..

…. the module loads perfectly in the running kernel

detected x.org version 7.1
problem extracting version of x.org
execution aborted.

i believe the installation is not successful.. so what seems to be the problem? it was like this also while I was in 5.5.1(followed the guide from the other page) before I upgraded to 5.5.3.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:37:25 +0000

I had your problem once in SuSE, Glenn. Had my MTU set to the standard 1500bytes, which was apparently too high. Might want to try reducing it. Not sure how to do it in Ubuntu though, has ceased to be an issue after switching away from my DSL provider to the local cable provider.