Vix installation

[Clark_MA]

I'm a total newbie at this. I followed the installation instructions for the vix-api and then tried the sample "findhosttest.pl" only to receive the following

Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/VMware/VixBinding/VixBinding.so' for module VMware::VixBinding: libvix.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.

at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/API/API.pm line 13

Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/API/API.pm line 13.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/API/API.pm line 13.

Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/Simple.pm line 23.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/Simple.pm line 23.

Compilation failed in require at powertest.pl line 18.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at powertest.pl line 18.

I poked around a bit here and some people copied the file to different locations but I haven't had any luck at all trying all the solutions. Does anyone have a clear solution for this novice?

FYI I'm running CentOS 5.0

[David Lemke]

Did you set up your LD_LIBRARY_PATH so that libvix.so can be found?

[Clark_MA]

No I hadn;t but that just changed the message a bit

Can't load '/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/VMware/VixBinding/VixBinding.so' for module VMware::VixBinding: libgvmomi.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230.

at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/API/API.pm line 13

Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/API/API.pm line 13.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/API/API.pm line 13.

Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/Simple.pm line 23.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi/VMware/Vix/Simple.pm line 23.

Compilation failed in require at powertest.pl line 18.

BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at powertest.pl line 18.

[Nathan Prziborowski]

So the followup question is does LD_LIBRARY_PATH go to where libgvmomi.so.0 is?

Refrain from pointing LD_LIBRARY_PATH to where vix-perl is, but should point to a sub-directory of vmware-vix.

I'm not sure which version has what, but mine is like /usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/.../64bit

Hope that helps.

[Clark_MA]

Thanks so much for your help with that. I don't understand why the install script doesn't take care of all that for you. Now its on the the next issue. which I posted today. I wish they made this stuff a bit more idiot proof.