Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:48:18 -0600 From: kevin kempter <kevin@kevinkempterllc.com> To: dex <djdexter@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD7 in a vm (vmware fusion) - Shared object "lib.so.6" not found Message-ID: <38CCCAA8-03AF-4425-869A-252D9E87CE35@kevinkempterllc.com> In-Reply-To: <BE126050-0CBD-49A2-A3A3-EB1DAEFB59ED@gmail.com> References: <BDC00EB7-DFF9-4B07-B86C-69D7FD8EC9E7@kevinkempterllc.com> <BE126050-0CBD-49A2-A3A3-EB1DAEFB59ED@gmail.com>
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On Jun 4, 2008, at 10:22 AM, dex wrote: > On Jun 4, 2008, at 12:18 PM, kevin kempter wrote: >> Hi All; >> This seems to be more of a lib not found than a vm issue: >> I've done this: >> 1) installed freeBSD 7 in vmware fusion (v 1.1.3) >> 2) selected to install vmware tools from the menu >> 3) logged into the console as root >> 4) mounted the vmware virtual cd >> 5) copied the vmware tools tar.gz file to /tmp >> 6) expanded the vmware tools tar.gz file in /tmp >> 7) cd to the new vmware-toold-distrib dir and ran ./vmware-install.pl >> Then I get this: >> Before running VMware Tools for the first time you need to >> configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/local/bin/ >> vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the >> command for you now? [yes] >> >> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "lib.so.6" not found, >> required by "vmware-checkvm" >> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "lib.so.6" not found, >> required by "vmware-checkvm" >> /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "lib.so.6" not found, >> required by "vmware-checkvm" >> This configuration program is to be executed in a virtual machine. >> Execution aborted. >> >> I also tried starting KDE and in a Konsole terminal window (as >> root) running /usr/local/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl and I get the >> same results > > Try using the port vmware-guestd. It worked good for me. I'm pretty new to freeBSD. Is port a system command? If I run port at the root prompt I get "port: Command not found" or is is a port that needs to be compiled somewhere in /usr/ports ? Thx in advance
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