VMware Tools installation fails on 64-bit Linux

VMware tools may fail to start on 64 bit system if you have glibc-common 32 bit rpm installed mainly if you have Oracle Apps, Oracle Database , or any other ERP installed.

Follow these steps :

1. Untar the VMware tools.
2. Compile the VMware tools using install script.
3. Link the correct libraries

#ln –s /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib64/libdnet.so.1/libdnet.so.1 /lib64/libdnet.so.1
#ln –s /usr/lib/vmware-tools/lib64/libproc-3.2.7.so/libproc-3.2.7.so /lib64/libproc-3.2.7.so

4. Run the vmware-config-tools.pl
5. You should be all set.