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redbeard78

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Registered: 2008-07-25

Posts: 3

REQUEST: VMware Workstation 6.5 build 118166 non-beta release

Hi,
Linux newbie here.  Can anyone whip up a nice pgkbuild for the recent official release of vmware workstation 6.5?  The current build is 118166.  The 6.5 beta expires at the end of the month.
No, I can't use virtualbox, since ESX doesn't run in it.  Yes, I need to run a couple ESX VMs.

Thanks!

Oleg-A

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From: Russia, Mytishchi

Registered: 2008-07-05

Posts: 6

Re: REQUEST: VMware Workstation 6.5 build 118166 non-beta release

I also need PKGBUILD for vmware 6.5.
When will it be in ABS?

P.S. vmware bundle archive can be easily extracted by filename.bundle --extract=<dirname>

Last edited by Oleg-A (2008-10-22 14:57:24)

Alexdsan

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Registered: 2007-07-10

Posts: 28

Re: REQUEST: VMware Workstation 6.5 build 118166 non-beta release

To install Workstation on a Linux host using a bundle

1 Download VMware-Workstation-6.5.0-118166.xxxxxx.bundle. Replace xxxxx for whichever architecture.

2 In a terminal cd to the directory where you downloaded the file.

3 Become root to perform the initial installation steps:
$ su
# mkdir -p /etc/rc.d/vmware.d/rc{0,1,2,3,4,5,6}.d
# sh VMware-Workstation-6.5.0-118166.xxxxxx.bundle --console --custom

4 Accept the EULA to continue.

5 Accept the default settings until it prompts for System service runlevels then set to:
/etc/rc.d/vmware.d/

6 For System service scripts set to:
/etc/rc.d

7 (Optional) Enter the directory path to the Integrated Virtual Debugger for Eclipse 
if Eclipse is installed.
Click Install.

8 Open Workstation to launch the kernel module updater to install and configure the 
kernel.

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