VMWare Server install

[drew einhorn]

Trying to install VMware-server-1.0,2-39867

Player is in the repositories, but not server

Let's download from VMware,
there are 2 versions, I'd learn more from the .tar.gz file

but I download the .rpm

(Hours later, I have a Qwest ISDN line.  Argghhh!)

convert to .deb, and attempt to install it:

     sudo alien --scripts <filename.rpm>
     sudo dpkg -i <filename.deb>

Arghh!!  An error

sudo dpkg -i vmware-server_1.0.2-39868_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 189549 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-server (from vmware-server_1.0.2-39868_i386.deb) ...

dpkg: error processing vmware-server_1.0.2-39868_i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
[: 45: abort-install: bad number
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-server_1.0.2-39868_i386.deb

I've got alien 8.64, it has a bug related the the pre-installation script
search for alien_8.65_all.deb, ugrade to the version with the fix.
Doesn't help

Let's turn on all the debug options and get ultra verbose output

sudo dpkg -D7777 -i vmware-server_1.0.2-39868_i386.deb
D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci'
(Reading database ... 189549 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking vmware-server (from vmware-server_1.0.2-39868_i386.deb) ...
D000020: process_archive conffile `/etc/vmware/installer.sh' no package, no
hash
D000020: process_archive conffile `/etc/vmware/pam.d/vmware-authd' no
package, no hash
D000020: process_archive conffile `/etc/vmware/signing-key.pub' no package,
no hash
D000001: process_archive oldversionstatus=not installed
D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst ( install )

dpkg: error processing vmware-server_1.0.2-39868_i386.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
D000002: fork/exec /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm ( abort-install )
[: 45: abort-install: bad number
D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci'
D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting running rm -rf
D000010: ensure_pathname_nonexisting `/var/lib/dpkg/reassemble.deb'
Errors were encountered while processing:
 vmware-server_1.0.2-39868_i386.deb

Arghh, it removed the directory where it put the preinst script
I can't look at it.

Let's go get the .tar.gz file

Arghh!!!  VMware's download servers are down.

Maybe somebody will have a bright idea for me
while I wait for VMware's servers come back up
and I wait a couple hours for it to download.

-- 
Drew Einhorn
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