The installation of VMware “Workstation Player 12.5.7” fails on my pretty young openSUSE 42.3 Leap (64bit) system.
I have also tried to install the “console-way”, which fails as well and shows the following output:
# **./VMware-Player-12.5.7-5813279.x86_64.bundle --console**
Extracting VMware Installer...done.
You must accept the VMware Player End User License Agreement to
continue. Press Enter to proceed.
Do you agree? [yes/no]: yes
You must accept the VMware OVF Tool component for Linux End User
License Agreement to continue. Press Enter to proceed.
Do you agree? [yes/no]: yes
Enter license key. (optional) You can enter this information later.:
The product is ready to be installed. Press Enter to begin
installation or Ctrl-C to cancel.
**Rolling back VMware Player Setup 12.5.7**
Deconfiguring...
# ] 2%
######################################################################] 100%
Installation was unsuccessful.
I have read and considered quite a number of tips about which preconditions need to be met.
Among those have been the following:
- Make sure to have installed: gcc kernel-devel
- Make sure to have installed: kernel-devel kernel-headers
I might have to mention that I always skipped the entering of a license key.
The installation bundle “VMware Workstation 12.5.7 Player for Linux 64-bit” has been downloaded from here: https://my.vmware.com/de/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_player/12_0|PLAYER-1257
The only installation log I could find was located here: /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-vmis-20821.log
Unfortunately it doesn’t give me hits how to fix the problem:
# cat /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-vmis-20821.log
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| vthread-5| I125: Log for VMware Workstation pid=20821 version=e.x.p build=build-5381180 option=Release
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| vthread-5| I125: The process is 64-bit.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| vthread-5| I125: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| vthread-5| I125: Host is Linux 4.4.87-25-default openSUSE Leap 42.3
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.
2017-09-20T21:51:08.712+02:00| host-139772835641152| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/preferences. Using default values.
And hint is appreciated very much!
Cheers,
Hardy
PS: Some more details on my system:
# uname -a
Linux Thales 4.4.87-25-default #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 07:19:13 UTC 2017 (3927ef5) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-5.0-amd64:core-5.0-noarch:desktop-5.0-amd64:desktop-5.0-noarch:imaging-5.0-amd64:imaging-5.0-noarch:languages-5.0-amd64:languages-5.0-noarch
Distributor ID: openSUSE project
Description: openSUSE Leap 42.3
Release: 42.3
Codename: n/a