[CentOS] Install VMware Workstation

Mon Jul 21 09:50:45 UTC 2014
Bonnie B Mtengwa <bmtengwa at potraz.gov.zw>

Yes i have those packages installed. 


----- Original Message -----

From: "Reindl Harald" <h.reindl at thelounge.net> 
To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>, bmtengwa at potraz.gov.zw 
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 11:04:43 AM 
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install VMware Workstation 

do you have the required packages installed? 

gcc 
gcc-c++ 
kernel-devel 
kernel-headers 
make 

Am 21.07.2014 09:12, schrieb Bonnie B Mtengwa: 
> Has anyone managed to run VMware WorkStation 10.0.3 on CentOS 7? Mine ask for some modules to be compiled and loaded into the running Kernel before VMware can run, 
> then an ERROR copy or error below: 
> 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.429+02:00| vthread-3| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel "3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64" is valid. Whoohoo! 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.429+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Using temp dir "/tmp". 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.430+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel. 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.430+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Setting header path for 3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64 to "/lib/modules/3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64/build/include". 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.430+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64/build/include" for kernel release "3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64". 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.430+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64/build/include/linux/version.h 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.430+02:00| vthread-3| I120: /lib/modules/3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead. 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.430+02:00| vthread-3| I120: using /usr/bin/gcc for preprocess check 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.435+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64". 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.435+02:00| vthread-3| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64/build/include" for the kernel "3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64" is valid. Whoohoo! 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.533+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet". 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.534+02:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256. 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.620+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Setting destination path for vmnet to "/lib/modules/3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64/misc/vmnet.ko". 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.620+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Extracting the vmnet source from "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar". 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.625+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Successfully extracted the vmnet source. 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:41.625+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j4 -C /tmp/modconfig-Ie99mv/vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.10.0-123.4.2.el7.x86_64/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no" 
> 2014-07-21T09:01:43.144+02:00| vthread-3| W110: Failed to build vmnet. Failed to execute the build command.