Hi -
I am attempting to install the latest VMware Perl SDK (VMware-vSphere-Perl-SDK-5.0.0-422456.x86_64.gz) on a Debian GNU/Linux 'lenny' release.
root:/usr/local/nagios/vmware-vsphere-cli-distrib# ./vmware-install.pl
Creating a new vSphere CLI installer database using the tar4 format.
Installing vSphere CLI 5.0.0 build-422456 for Linux.
You must read and accept the vSphere CLI End User License Agreement to
continue.
Press enter to display it. q
Do you accept? (yes/no) yes
Thank you.
cat: /etc/*-release: No such file or directory
sh: rpm: command not found
Openssl-devel is not installed on the system.
openssl-devel 0.9.7 is required for encrypted connections.
Please install openssl-devel version 0.9.7 or greater.
sh: rpm: command not found
e2fsprogs is not installed on the system
e2fsprogs 1.38 is required for UUID.
Please install e2fsprogs 1.38 or greater.
root:/usr/local/nagios/vmware-vsphere-cli-distrib# dpkg -l e2fsprogs
ii e2fsprogs 1.41.3-1 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities
Clearly the installer is broken.
So, my question is - is the installer deliberately broken (ie, no support for Debian) or is this a perl coding error that needs fixing?
Thanks,
Chris