Hi,
I'm trying to install the VMWare tools on my pfsense host.
Specifically I'm looking at this documentation -
https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/VMware_Tools
Because I don't have a public facing interface, I'm going with this set of
instructions -
mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /mnt/
cd /tmp
tar
Oh I feel dumb, the first thing is to install perl, which I can't do given my
location on the network.
Ok so nevermind, sorry.
On May 21, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Florio, Christopher N
mailto:flo...@email.unc.edu>> wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to install the VMWare tools on my pfsense host.
Specifically
Hi Chris,
Have you thought about installing the vmware tools from the package list?
They are 3rd party, but they work on all I have setup.
Joe
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Florio, Christopher N wrote:
> Oh I feel dumb, the first thing is to install perl, which I can't do
> given my loca
Joseph H wrote:
Have you thought about installing the vmware tools from the package
list? They are 3rd party, but they work on all I have setup.
I use this as well.
Doug
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On 5/21/2014 2:31 PM, Florio, Christopher N wrote:
> Oh I feel dumb, the first thing is to install perl, which I can't do
> given my location on the network.
>
> Ok so nevermind, sorry.
You can fetch the .tbz file for perl and the compat package mentioned on
the page to another system and then co
Any idea a URL that I could get this package from? Sounds like a good option.
On May 21, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Doug Lytle wrote:
> Joseph H wrote:
>> Have you thought about installing the vmware tools from the package list?
>> They are 3rd party, but they work on all I have setup.
>
> I use thi
Login to pfsense gui, go to Systems -> Packages -> Available Packages, do a
search for "Open-VM-Tools" and click on the add icon to the right of the
package.
As long as it has Internet Access it will download and install all
necessary packages.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Florio, Christophe
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Florio, Christopher N wrote:
> Any idea a URL that I could get this package from? Sounds like a good
> option.
One of these should do it (pick the one appropriate for your architecture)
http://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/perl5/pe
Given than pfSense 2.1.3 uses FreeBSD 8.3 as the base OS, wouldn't
http://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8.3-release/perl5/ be
better location to use for packages?
Walter
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Moshe Katz wrote:
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Florio, Christop
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Walter Parker wrote:
> Given than pfSense 2.1.3 uses FreeBSD 8.3 as the base OS, wouldn't
> http://ftp1.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8.3-release/perl5/ be
> better location to use for packages?
>
>
> Walter
>
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:57 AM, M
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