Debian Buster based - Raspbian (Raspberry Pi Desktop for PC and Mac) - with poll

I've been trying to get the Parallel Tools installed on Debian Buster released by the Raspberry Pi foundation but constantly failing with file or object not found.

The Stretch version of the install worked first time so I am not sure if its a Buster or Desktop vs Tools issue

All missing object are present on the ISO and have rights for execute and read for root or local user - ownership is root:root
Shell is the Raspbian Bash shell
Tried using sudo
Set password for root and tried su
I've tried copying the files locally (both under PI home, root home and /tmp)
Tried running the x86_64 installed directly.
Tried mounting the actual iso file from the Mac container rather than the ISO mounted by the prompt to install the tools

All of the above (and combinations) failed with one or more object not found errors using sudo, su or sh to start the jobs
Running the initial script under su did start but failed to run the x86_64 installer
Running the script as user Pi did report I was not root

Until the latest version of Raspbian (https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspberry-pi-desktop/ 2019-09-30) and Parallels (15.1.1 47117) I was not even able to get to a boot screen so compatibility is getting better. Limited testing (i.e. 10 mins playing around) showed up some ACPI errors in the dmesg output but that was all.

Note the Arm version of Debian has been an odd 64/32bit mix between the kernel and userland but I am not sure how this applies to the x86 builds (and cannot find a release not for this build).

It would be great to have proper support for Raspbian as it is used in the education and home maker spaces a great deal and this version allows some development on a PC so core HATs and Foundation specific software.

If Im well enough next week I'll try a clean Debian build with the Pi desktop and other software to see if that has more success
Please note - I do not use the Pi Forums due to poor and inconsistent moderation so cannot post on there (and not this is really a Parallels tools / Buster issue)

 

I can't get the tools installed either. As root, with exec enabled in a remount. Same problem. I can install via the install-cli.sh file in the installer folder, but then I can never get back to the gui (even with raspi-config tool).

 

Problem with Parallels Tools installation due to RPD use 64bit kernel and 32bit userspace.
Some workaround:

1. Install RPD, connect Parallels Tools installation CD to guest and open terminal

cd /media/cdrom0
sudo su​

2. Install Parallels Tools manually in command line:

uname() { [ $1 == "-m" ] && echo x86 || /bin/uname $@ ; }
export -f uname
./install -i​

3. Edit /etc/default/grub - add "prl_vid.usedrm=0" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT and then:

update-grub
reboot​

 

Wow! This tip by @Alexander Haltman works! But I need to add: it is still necessary in Parallels 16.0.0 - which is a shame! Thanks anyways...
Best
.p.

 

An added step, after connecting Parallel Tools, I had to remount the tools partition with exec in order to be able to run "./install -i". In a term window:
umount /media/cdrom0
mount -o exec /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0

 

Newbie here. How do I "install RPD, connect ParallelTools installation CD to guest"

 

Just confirming the instructions that Alexander and @TimothyR6 posted are spot on. Thanks guys for the information here.

 

16.01 parallels tools update breaks it again. Just repeating above instructions does not fix it...

 

Another note: Parallels Tools update automatically after the host update, and seem to leave the VM in an unrecoverable state. When I tried to uninstall Parallels Tools manually, I got the message "Architecture x86 is not supported".

 

Okay, that's only the case if "export -f uname" is still update. After a reboot you can uninstall via the install-script. After an uninstall and fresh install it works. So for me the steps were: uninstall Parallels Tools after the auto-update, and then install "from fresh" following Alexander Haltman's and TimothyR6s instructions above.

 

Hi, I am using Parallels version 16.1.2 and above instructions do not work. Is it possible to get complete updated detailed instructions? (in the right order). I am using the official download from raspberrypi.org (2020-12-11-raspios-buster-i386.iso). Thank you for your help

 

This works for me for the most part, but clipboard sharing still won't work, which is an annoying limitation. Has anyone figured out how to making clipboard sharing work too?

 

Never mind on my last post... clipboard is working now, on something like my third time installing Parallels Tools. I don't know what's different this time. I've been reverting to snapshots of fresh Raspbian installations to test my own installer, tried PT again on this last reversion, and now I can share my clipboard. Weird.