On a fresh and new installation of CL I cannot install VMware Workstation anymore. It worked some weeks ago, something has changed it seems.
VMware-Workstation-Full-15.5.1-15018445.x86_64.bundle
boo@t520~/Downloads $ sudo sh VM*.bundle
Extracting VMware Installer...done.
Rolling back VMware VMX 15.5.1
Deconfiguring...
Uninstalling VMware Installer 3.0.0
Deconfiguring...
[######################################################################] 100%
Installation was unsuccessful.
boo@t520~/Downloads $
The logfile shows:
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: Log for VMware Workstation pid=62035 version=15.5.1 build=build-15018445 option=Release
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: The process is 64-bit.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: Host is Linux 5.3.11-868.native Clear Linux OS Clear Linux OS 31660
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/config. Using default values.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.
2019-11-19T19:50:25.782Z| host-62035| I125: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/preferences. Using default values.
It’s odd that the installer does not create any directories or files required …