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Bug 556254 - app-emulation/vmware-player-7: Failed to load OpenSSL libraries.
Summary: app-emulation/vmware-player-7: Failed to load OpenSSL libraries.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 556214
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2015-07-29 18:03 UTC by Alex Dubenetsky
Modified: 2015-07-29 18:55 UTC (History)
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emerge --info (emerge --info.txt,7.96 KB, text/plain)
2015-07-29 18:03 UTC, Alex Dubenetsky
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Description Alex Dubenetsky 2015-07-29 18:03:37 UTC
Created attachment 407940 [details]
emerge --info

After updating vmware to app-emulation/vmware-player-7.1.2.2780323 I experienced with a linkage problem:

> $ vmplayer 
> SSLLoadSharedLibraries: Failed to load OpenSSL libraries. libdir is /usr/lib/vmware
> 
> VMware Workstation Error:
> VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmplayer)
> SSLLoadSharedLibraries: Failed to load OpenSSL libraries. libdir is /usr/lib/vmware
> You can request support.  
> 
> To collect data to submit to VMware support, choose "Collect Support Data" from the Help menu.
> You can also run the "vm-support" script in the Workstation folder directly.
> We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

My installed vmware related staff:
> # eix vmware -Ic
> [I] app-emulation/vmware-modules (304.2{tbz2}[2]@07/29/2015): VMware kernel modules
> [I] app-emulation/vmware-player (7.1.2.2780323{tbz2}[2]@07/29/2015): Emulate a complete PC on your PC without the usual performance overhead of most emulators
> [I] app-emulation/vmware-tools (9.9.2.2496824{tbz2}[2]@07/29/2015): VMware Tools for guest operating systems
> [2] "vmware" /var/lib/layman/vmware
> 
> Found 3 matches.


Possibly solution I found:
# ln -s /opt/vmware/lib/vmware /usr/lib/vmware

It work's fine.
Please, consider to fix wmware's ebuilds.

- Alex
Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2015-07-29 18:55:57 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 556214 ***