vmplayer installer cannot find libs (amd64)

[michael-374]

eg:
The installation of VMware Player 2.0.3 build-80004 for Linux completed
successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at
any
time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl".

Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to configure
it by
invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want
this
program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]

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
Player.


but yet:
mkb@amd64:~$ locate libX11.so.6
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0


So, I'm confused!



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[Till Wimmer-4]

Hi Michael,

are you sure that the binary package of VMWare works for 64bit architecture?

Till

michael wrote:

> eg:
> The installation of VMware Player 2.0.3 build-80004 for Linux completed
> successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at
> any
> time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl".
>
> Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to configure
> it by
> invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want
> this
> program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
>
> 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
> Player.
>
>
> but yet:
> mkb@amd64:~$ locate libX11.so.6
> /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
> /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
>
>
> So, I'm confused!
>
>
>

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[Raj Kiran Grandhi-3]

michael wrote:

> eg:
> The installation of VMware Player 2.0.3 build-80004 for Linux completed
> successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at
> any
> time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl".
>
> Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to configure
> it by
> invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want
> this
> program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
>
> 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
> Player.
>
>
> but yet:
> mkb@amd64:~$ locate libX11.so.6
> /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
> /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
>
>
> So, I'm confused!

vmplayer is probably expecting the 32-bit libraries. Install ia32-libs
and ia32-libs-gtk and retry the installation of vmplayer.


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[michael-374]

On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 06:45 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:

> michael wrote:
> > eg:
> > The installation of VMware Player 2.0.3 build-80004 for Linux completed
> > successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at
> > any
> > time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl".
> >
> > Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to configure
> > it by
> > invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want
> > this
> > program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
> >
> > 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
> > Player.
> >
> >
> > but yet:
> > mkb@amd64:~$ locate libX11.so.6
> > /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
> > /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
> >
> >
> > So, I'm confused!
>
> vmplayer is probably expecting the 32-bit libraries. Install ia32-libs
> and ia32-libs-gtk and retry the installation of vmplayer.
>

Fantastic! Installing ia32-libs did the trick!
Now if only I could work out how to make some folders on my amd64 Debian
system appear on the WinXP virtual machine (without dragging them)!

Thanks! Michael


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[Carl Fink-6]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 01:21:19PM +0100, michael wrote:

> Fantastic! Installing ia32-libs did the trick!
> Now if only I could work out how to make some folders on my amd64 Debian
> system appear on the WinXP virtual machine (without dragging them)!

One way would be setting up Samba.
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[Raj Kiran Grandhi-3]

michael wrote:

> On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 06:45 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
>> michael wrote:
>>> eg:
>>> The installation of VMware Player 2.0.3 build-80004 for Linux completed
>>> successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at
>>> any
>>> time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl".
>>>
>>> Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to configure
>>> it by
>>> invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want
>>> this
>>> program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
>>>
>>> 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
>>> Player.
>>>
>>>
>>> but yet:
>>> mkb@amd64:~$ locate libX11.so.6
>>> /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
>>> /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
>>>
>>>
>>> So, I'm confused!
>> vmplayer is probably expecting the 32-bit libraries. Install ia32-libs
>> and ia32-libs-gtk and retry the installation of vmplayer.
>>
>
> Fantastic! Installing ia32-libs did the trick!
> Now if only I could work out how to make some folders on my amd64 Debian
> system appear on the WinXP virtual machine (without dragging them)!
>
> Thanks! Michael
>

Samba? Or you can use the shared folders option of vmware.

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[michael-374]

On 17 May 2008, at 17:01, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:

> michael wrote:
>> On Sat, 2008-05-17 at 06:45 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:
>>> michael wrote:
>>>> eg: The installation of VMware Player 2.0.3 build-80004 for  
>>>> Linux completed
>>>> successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your  
>>>> system at
>>>> any
>>>> time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-
>>>> uninstall.pl".
>>>>
>>>> Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to  
>>>> configure
>>>> it by
>>>> invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do  
>>>> you want
>>>> this
>>>> program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
>>>> {}
>> Fantastic! Installing ia32-libs did the trick!
>> Now if only I could work out how to make some folders on my amd64  
>> Debian
>> system appear on the WinXP virtual machine (without dragging them)!
>> Thanks! Michael
>
> Samba? Or you can use the shared folders option of vmware.

I had tried shared folders but came to the conclusion that for the  
free vmplayer running in Debian and a WinXP image somebody gave me  
that it wasn't supported. Are you saying otherwise since that would  
be the best solution? I wish to see/manipulate [some of] my Debian  
directories from the WinXP Virtrual Machine

Otherwise I'll look at Samba as you, and Carl, suggested.

Thanks, Michael


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