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Majed17
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 Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:46 pm Post subject: installing vmware-tools on gentoo vm on esxi |
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Health be upon you, i am trying to install vmware tools, as mentioned, on a gentoo workstation on esxi. I already clicked install vmware tools on esxi and went ahead to:
| Code: | | emerge vmware-tools |
I get an error massage and nothing gets installed:
| Code: | | * You should set VMWARE_GUEST in make.conf to specify which operating systems you need. |
I tried adding :
| Code: | | VMWARE_GUEST="linux" |
to make.conf but that didn't help. I also tried some more exotic key words but obviously it didn't work.
I read on the web that rc directories must be created in /etc/init.d and the cdrom must be mounted... is that all still necessary?
What is the proper procedure to install vmware-tools nowadays?
Thanks for any help! |
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fedeliallalinea
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | $ eix vmware-tools
* app-emulation/vmware-tools
Available versions: ~9.2.3.1031769^m ~9.6.5.2700073^m ~9.9.3.2780323^m ~9.9.4.3206955^m {vmware_guest_freebsd vmware_guest_linux vmware_guest_netware vmware_guest_solaris vmware_guest_winPre2k vmware_guest_windows}
Homepage: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
Description: VMware Tools for guest operating systems |
Try to set vmware_guest_linux in use flag variable, or in make.conf or via /etc/portage/package.use
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Majed17
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for your solution, now the operating system was able to download the tools and it said it installed them in
| Code: | | Install vmware-tools-9.9.4.3206955 into /var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/vmware-tools-9.9.4.3206955/image/ category app-emulation |
but when I go to this location, there is no folder app-emulation and in init.d there is no deamon vmware-tools to start.
any idea of what to do? |
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