Installation of VMware Tools on FreeBSD fails if the version of Perl is 5.20 and higher

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Installation of VMware Tools on FreeBSD fails if the version of Perl is higher than 5.20. It fails with an error similar to the following:

 

./vmware-install.pl: Command not found

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Resolution

To workaround this issue,

1. Replace Perl 5.20 or higher with 5.18
2. Create a soft link from /usr/local/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl without replacing Perl 5.20 or higher