I can't get vmware tools installed in Kubuntu 6.10 (running in vmware workstation 5.5). Konsole says the following: root@roy-desktop:~# /home/roy/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl 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] 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] Unable to copy the source file ./installer/services.sh to the destination file /etc/init.d/vmware-tools. Execution aborted. It is running as root.
personally i right click the OS tab & install VMware tools that way, but on VMware the official way is here yes
That is the step where I can't get it installed. I have to press ENTER every time to accept the default value. But at a certain time it refuses. It also has an rpm installer, but how do I install that RPM file? That guide is about linux in general. edit: if I install the rpm package by command line, it says the following: root@roy-desktop:/media/cdrom0# rpm -Uhv /media/cdrom0/VMwareTools-5.5.3-34685.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: /bin/sh is needed by VMwareTools-5.5.3-34685.i386
you cant install a .RPM onto Kubuntu, you must first convert the .RPM to a .Deb before installing it, to convert it you must first install Alien, either with a package manager or with Code: sudo apt-get install alien then to convert it to .Deb with Code: sudo alien <rpm filename>