While running vmware-configure the install dies with errors:

[root@localhost tmp]# /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.

Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines                                        [FAILED]
Stopping VMware management services:
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
VMware Server Host Agent                                [FAILED]
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon                            [  OK  ]
Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]