I need VMtools for Fedora core 9. Fedora Core 9 is not supported by
VMware tools, that is why we are using open tools. Where do I find the
init scripts? As I said, we have the open tools running on Core 9 for
VMware 6.05, but they (the same package, we tried a few) fail on 6.5X.
Guerney D. H. Hunt, Ph.D.
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IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
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Marcelo Vanzin <[email protected]> wrote on 09/17/2009 04:59:16 PM:
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>
> Re: make install
>
> Marcelo Vanzin
>
> to:
>
> open-vm-tools discussions
>
> 09/17/2009 05:00 PM
>
> Please respond to open-vm-tools discussions
>
> Hugh wrote:
> > VMware currently maintains a
> > Perl-based installer for the Tools that is pretty good about providing
that
> > support under a variety of distributions and environments.
>
> Hmmm, that should probably be changed. The perl-based installer has
never been
> part of open-vm-tools, and "make install" is pretty functional these
days. It
> should copy all files to the right locations, it just won't change your
system's
> configuration (like setting up init scripts and things like that).
>
> Dominique (who handles the opensuse packages if I'm not mistaken) has
provided
> an init script for open-vm-tools but I haven't had time to look at
integrating
> it yet. (It doesn't help that each distro has a slightly different API
that init
> scripts can use...)
>
> > How can I leverage this script on my fc11 to make my compiled
open-vm-tools
> > install?
> > Should I leave VMwareTools-7397-156745.i386.rpm installed?
>
> Why exactly are you trying to install open-vm-tools instead of using the
version
> of Tools shipping with your VMware product? If the latter is not working
for
> some reason, then you should probably file a support request with VMware
(or
> post a message in the forums, we have a few people who monitor those and
can
> help with the most common issues).
>
> We generally see open-vm-tools as targeted at distro packagers, not
end-users.
>
> --
> - Marcelo
>
>
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