Tapas Mishra wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to install Vmware tools in Debian 10 on Vmware workstation.
> The place where I am stuck is following messages.
>
>
> debian:~/vmware_tools/vmware-tools-distrib$ ls
> bin caf doc etc FILES INSTALL installer lib vgauth vmware-install.pl
> debian@debian:~/vmware_tools/vmware-tools-distrib$ ./vmware-install.pl
> Setup is unable to find the "depmod" program on your machine. Please make sure
> it is installed. Do you want to specify the location of this program by hand?
> [yes] Use of uninitialized value $gOption{"default"} in numeric eq
> (==) at ./vmware-install.pl line 866.
>
>
>
> What is the location of the "depmod" program on your
> machine? Use of uninitialized value $gOption{"default"} in numeric eq
> (==) at ./vmware-install.pl line 866, <STDIN> line 1.
>
> I pressed enter here thinking it might take default value but I was wrong
> here.
>
> The answer "" is invalid. It must be the complete name of a binary file.
>
> Use of uninitialized value $gOption{"default"} in numeric eq (==) at
> ./vmware-install.pl line 2541, <STDIN> line 2.
> What is the location of the "depmod" program on your
> machine? Use of uninitialized value $gOption{"default"} in numeric eq
> (==) at ./vmware-install.pl line 866, <STDIN> line 2.
> ------------------------------------
>
> What should I do to proceed from here?
It's in /sbin/depmod, and you will need to be root to do
anything useful with it.
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
might work.
-dsr-
