VMWare Workstation issue

[Malakim]

Hi all!

I'm having some issues getting VMWare Workstation running on Kubuntu 7.10. Maybe someone here can point me in the right direction. My problem is as follows:

When running vmware-config.pl I get the message:
The following libraries could not be found on your system:
libX11.so.6
libXtst.so.6
libXext.so.6
libXrender.so.1
libz.so.1
You will need to install these manually before you can run VMware Workstation.


However, when I go look in /usr/lib all of those libraries are there.

The VMWare kernel modules all build without any problems.

This is on an Athlon64 machine running 64-bit Kubuntu.

Thanks!

Regards,
Markus Svensson

[toad]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Have you tried

sudo apt-get install -f

to resolve all dependencies?

[Malakim]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion!

I tried it, but all it said was:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

So I'm afraid it didn't help.

Regards,
Markus Svensson

[toad]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Sorry, I didn't read your initial post properly. You are running a pearl programme, nothing to do with apt whatsoever...

Google

[Malakim]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

OK, I got a response from someone over at the VMWare forums who calims that I need the 32-bit libraries as well.

Is it possible to use 32-bit librareis on a 64-bit install of Kubuntu? If it's possible, how do I do it?

Regards,
Markus Svensson

[toad]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Possible it is, it seems that common consent says that a 32-bit install on a 64-bit system is more reliable. To do so open adept and select the libraries. Alternatively

sudo apt-get install LIBRARY1 LIBRARY2...

[Malakim]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Won't that give me the 64-bit versions of the librareies (the ones I already have)?

I tried manually downloading the i386 version of libX11, but the package manager won't install it since it's for the wrong architecture.

It would suck to have to reinstall the whole system with the 32-bit version of Kubuntu.

[Fintan]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Just a few questions:
Which version of WS are you trying to install?
Or have you already installed it and want to run vmware-config because of a kernal update?
Do you already have a running vmware image of the OS?

I have no idea about 64 systems but dible (here in the forum) does so why not send him a message?

[Malakim]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Just a few questions:
Which version of WS are you trying to install?

It is the 64-bit version of VMWare Workstation 6. Possibly I've got the wrong version, since it seems to require 32-bit libraries.

Or have you already installed it and want to run vmware-config because of a kernal update?
Do you already have a running vmware image of the OS?

It runs the config script during install, and that's when I get the missing libraries message. The VMWare "manager" application runs fine until it's time to start a guest OS, then it complains that the libraries mentioned above is missing.

I have no idea about 64 systems but dible (here in the forum) does so why not send him a message?

Thanks for the tip, I'll give him a shout.

Regards,
Markus Svensson

[Fintan]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Okay so your trying to install. Hmmm....as I said I don't know about 64.bit but try the vmware forum.
I know they came out with a few patches for the gutsy kernel as the 6.0 version couldn't handle that kernel. It may be related.

Hope that helps

Edit: I found a linnk on google that may help:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/do...notes_ws6.html

[dibl]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

I use the free VMWare Player 2.0, and it installs and runs perfectly on Gutsy 64-bit. I can't testify about the Workstation. Does the tarball say it is for 64-bit?

[Malakim]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

Thanks a lot for the replies, guys - I really appreciate it!

Does the tarball say it is for 64-bit?

Yes, I belive I got the 64-bit tarball. But I'll try downloading it again tomorrow just to be sure. If that doesn't work I'll try the Player and see if that runs.

Edit: I found a linnk on google that may help:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/do...notes_ws6.html

Thanks for the link - I'll have a look at it tomorrow.

[dibl]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

One more thing -- you need to install the "ia32-libs" package, if you haven't already.

[Malakim]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

One more thing -- you need to install the "ia32-libs" package, if you haven't already.

Aha - and that contains the 32-bit libraries needed to get it to run, I assume? Then that's probably what's missing on my system.

I'll check and see if that's installed or not.

[Malakim]

Re: VMWare Workstation issue

One more thing -- you need to install the "ia32-libs" package, if you haven't already.

I installed the oa32-libs - and voila, VMWare works perfectly!

Thanks a lot for the help, everyone!