6.5

Installing Required Prerequisite Software for Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Prerequisite software on RHEL includes required software and recommended Perl modules.

Required Software

If required software is not installed, the vCLI installer stops. You can install the prerequisite software by

using yum, the RHEL package installer, or from the installation DVD, as follows.

Platform Installation

RHEL 6.6 64-bit

yum install e2fsprogs-devel libuuid-devel

yum install glibc.i686

yum install perl-XML-LibXML

RHEL 7.1 64-bit

yum install e2fsprogs-devel libuuid-devel openssl-devel perl-devel

yum install glibc.i686 zlib.i686

yum install perl-XML-LibXML libncurses.so.5 perl-Crypt-SSLeay

Recommended Perl Modules

When the installer nishes, it might display a warning that the version of a module installed on your system

does not match the version with which vCLI was tested. Install the recommended version by using yum or

CPAN to resolve the issue. See “Overview of Linux Installation Process,” on page 8 for a complete list of

modules.

Note The installer does not overwrite existing Perl modules.

Installing the vCLI Package on RHEL with No Internet Access

Before you install vCLI, you must remove all previous versions of the software. The process diers from

simply uninstalling vCLI.

Remove Previous Versions of vCLI on RHEL

If you have earlier versions of vCLI installed on RHEL, you must remove those installations before installing

the latest version.

Procedure

1 Run the uninstall script, for example, if you installed vCLI in the default location, run the following

command.

/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-vSphere-CLI.pl

2 Delete existing versions of vSphere-CLI.xxxx.tar.gz and delete the vmware-vsphere-cli-distrib

directory.

What to do next

Install vCLI on RHEL.

Install vCLI on RHEL with No Internet Access

You can install vCLI on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system that has no previous vCLI versions installed.

Prerequisites

Remove previous vCLI installations.

Download the installation package.

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