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

Prerequisites
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Remove previous vCLI installations.

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Download the installation package.

Procedure
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Untar the vCLI binary that you downloaded. 

tar –zxvf VMware-vSphere-CLI-6.X.X-XXXXX.XXXX.x86_64.tar.gz

A vmware-vsphere-vcli-distrib directory is created.

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Log in as superuser and run the installer. 

/<location>/sudo vmware-vsphere-cli-distrib/vmware-install.pl
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To accept the license terms, enter yes and press Enter.

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To install Perl modules locally, enter yes and press Enter.

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Specify an installation directory, or press Enter to accept the default, which is /usr/bin.

A complete installation process has the following result.

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A success message appears.

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The installer lists different version numbers for required modules, if any.

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The prompt returns to the shell prompt.

If you accepted the defaults during installation, you can find the installed software in the following locations.

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vCLI scripts – /usr/bin

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vSphere SDK for Perl utility applications – /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps

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vSphere SDK for Perl sample scripts – /usr/share/doc/vmware-vcli/samples

What to do next

See the vSphere SDK for Perl documentation for a reference to all utility applications. After you install vCLI, you can test the installation by running a vCLI command or vSphere SDK for Perl utility application from the command prompt.