Linux VMware Player 3.1 : How to use vmware-netcfg which is virtual network editor.

There’s no vmware-netcfg tool in VMware player 3.x.

Here’s an explanation of how to use vmware-netcfg in VMware player 3.x Linux ver.

[ procedure ]

uninstall all vmware products if you have installed

install VMware workstation for an evaluation

archive vmware-netcfg

uninstall VMware workstation

install VMware Player

unzip vmware-netcfg and install it

[ logs ]

OS : CentOS 5.6 64bit ver. (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5 )

1. install vmware workstation

# chmod u+x VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle # ./VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle Installing VMware Workstation 7.1.4    Configuring... [######################################################################] 100% Installation was successful.

2. archive vmware-netcfg

make a directory

# mkdir -p tmp/usr/bin # mkdir -p tmp/usr/lib/vmware/bin

copy vmware-netcfg under tmp/usr/bin and tmp/usr/lib/vmware/bin

# cp /usr/bin/vmware-netcfg tmp/usr/bin # cp /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-netcfg tmp/usr/lib/vmware/bin

# cd tmp/ # zip -r ./netcfg.zip *  adding: usr/ (stored 0%)  adding: usr/bin/ (stored 0%)  adding: usr/bin/vmware-netcfg (deflated 38%)  adding: usr/lib/ (stored 0%)  adding: usr/lib/vmware/ (stored 0%)  adding: usr/lib/vmware/bin/ (stored 0%)  adding: usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-netcfg (deflated 61%)

uninstall vmware workstation

# vmware-installer -l Product Name           Product Version ====================== ==================== vmware-workstation     7.1.4.385536 # vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation

install vmware player

# chmod u+x VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle # ./VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle

unzip netcft.zip and copy wmware-netcfg under /usr/bin and /usr/lib/vmware/bin

# unzip netcfg.zip # cp tmp/usr/bin/vmware-netcfg /usr/bin/ # cp tmp/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-netcfg /usr/lib/vmware/bin/

type vmware-netcft on GUI mode