installing vmware - gcc version [solved]

[mimosa]

On first running, vmware 14 looks for gcc to compile some kernel modules - but it appears to require a minimum of gcc 7.1.0.

Should I just use version 12 (no longer officially available), or can anyone suggest a way round this?

[DidierSpaier]

Should I just use version 12 (no longer officially available), or can anyone suggest a way round this?

I would use version 12. But I am using VirtualBox with the binary installer they provide and am happy enough with that.

You can get it from here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

Take the last one on the list:
"All distributions (built on EL5 and therefore do not require recent system libraries)"

[mimosa]

I've always used VBox in the past, but remembered that djemos recommends VMWare. My only real reason for preferring the latest version is because older ones downloaded elsewhere might be compromised.

[djemos]

Try this as root and see if it works.

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cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source

tar xf vmmon.tar

tar xf vmnet.tar

cd vmmon-only

make

cd ../vmnet-only

make

cd ..

mkdir /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc

cp vmmon.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmmon.ko

cp vmnet.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmnet.ko

depmod -a

/etc/init.d/vmware restart

[DidierSpaier]

I am puzzled.

I just installed vmware 14 from this page :
https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/fre ... layer/14_0

then I have setup a VM and begun installing an OS in it, without issue.

I just included the -I (ignore errors) when running the bundled intaller. IIRC I had to do the same with version 12.

I have gcc 5.3.0 from Slackware.

[djemos]

I also upgraded vmware from 12 to 14 without problem in slackel which has gcc 7.2.0 without issues. I also always use --ignore-errors.
But i found the previous method for users who had problems with vmware. I do not know, how is mimosa's system or maybe has done any upgrades ?
I downloaded the full vmware 14 including vmware-player from https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/detail ... rPId=18498 official site.

[mimosa]

That didn't work for me (building the modules). As you say, it is all too likely some change I made to my system at some point.

djemos, is there any real disadvantage to using the free version? I haven't tried it yet, but my hunch is it will just work.

I can't remember exactly what it was VBox wouldn't do last time I tried it, but it was something to do with USB storage. I'm hoping VMWare may be better.

[mimosa]

I too am now really puzzled. I tried installing both Player and Pro in a largely vanilla Salix 14.2, with the same gcc version problem. Now I tried version 12 of the Player, exactly the same, including when I went back to the very first "minor" version, 12.0.0.

I have that familiar feeling that I must have done something really, really stupid ...

[djemos]

Download the vmware 14.0.0 from this link https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/detail ... rPId=18498

Then read the email i have send you.

[mimosa]

I still get just the same message about gcc.
Here is the sha1 sum of the download:
e8bfdedd81b1076d0e3dcd62d0bed23e3bcbc1f9 data/Downloads/VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle

But what I am seeing is the same for all versions, anyway. I strongly suspect user error.