How to install VMware -

[Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA]

On 07/08/13 11:35, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
> Am 07.08.2013 17:32, schrieb Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni:
>> My grandson downloaded a trial copy of VMware for me from his Mac portable and put it on a flash drive which I have.
>>
>> This 400 meg file is what I see when I look at the contents of the flash drive:
>> VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.txt
>>
>> Can someone tell me how to use it assuming it is the right file? I also have a key to go with it but have not been
>> able to find any useful [to me] instructions
> normally these are .bundle files which you simply execute with
> "bash VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.2-1031769.x86_64.bundle"
> which starts a graphical installer
>
> *how large* is this .txt file?
> maybe someone renamed it, but extensions are pointless on Unix, so see above
>


Ok, after some Googling I managed to get the install script running from 
/usr/bin/env.

Now it protests that some kernel modules need installing, so I click on 
"Install" but nothing seems to happen.

I found a log with a lot of data, the last few lines are:

2013-08-07T13:14:10.975-05:00| vthread-3| I120: No matching PBM set was 
found for kernel "3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64".
2013-08-07T13:14:10.975-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Validating path 
"/lib/modules/3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64/build/include" for kernel release 
"3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64".
2013-08-07T13:14:10.975-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Failed to find 
/lib/modules/3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64/build/include/linux/version.h
2013-08-07T13:14:10.975-05:00| vthread-3| I120: 
/lib/modules/3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64/build/include/linux/version.h not 
found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2013-08-07T13:14:10.994-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Preprocessed 
UTS_RELEASE, got value "3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64".
2013-08-07T13:14:10.994-05:00| vthread-3| I120: The header path 
"/lib/modules/3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel 
"3.10.4-300.fc19.x86_64" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2013-08-07T13:14:10.994-05:00| vthread-3| I120: The GCC version matches 
the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.

Don't know what to try next.

Bob

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