Installing vmware tools on FreeBSD?

Question

FreeBSD

I ran into a problem when trying to install vmware tools on FreeBSD i.e. the situation is as follows:
1) there is Windows XP on it, VmWare Workstation 7.1.2 is installed
2) FreeBSD 8.2 is installed on the virtual machine
3) Gnome is installed on FreeBSD
I tried to install vmware-tools from the image (which is included in the virtual machine) and from ports. It is always set normally and at boot it is clear that the necessary files are being launched, but when vmware-user tries to start, the message
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0: Undefined symbol “ g_ptr_array_unref" No
matter what I tried to do, I could not solve this problem.
Apparently libgio belongs to glib, so I tried to install from glib ports. Did not help. But when it was built, there were some indistinct notices about security and directly about libgio.
Can anyone come across this problem?

Answer 1

If there are problems with the libraries, then the dependencies are broken or something from the installed software should be updated. It's unlikely, but it's also possible that there is an error in the port itself - in this case, you should try to install from the package. This note should help solve these problems. Another option - vmware (host), in theory, should create a virtual usb disk or CD when you click "install vmware tools in the guest system" - try to install from there.

Answer 2

cd /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-tools6 && make install clean

Answer 3

I tried it a little differently. because FreeBSD 8.2 came out on February 24, 2011, so I started looking for VmWare which came out later. Just the latest version - 7.1.4 was released in March. I took VmWare Tools for FreeBSD from her and replaced my old one. those. in theory it was supposed to work. but alas the error remains the same.