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Guest · #1 Post by **Guest** » 2004-12-01 06:30

How do I install VMware on debian? Thanks.

lacek · #2 Post by **lacek** » 2004-12-02 20:58

Get the tar.gz file from the vmware web site, and unpack it.
Then run the vmware-install.pl script. It will ask a few questions, like where to put files. Answer those questions.
If it asks it you want to configure vmware, answer yes. You'll need to compile the vmware kernel drivers, there is no precompiled module for Debian. After it, you can start/stop the vmware services by calling
/etc/init.d/vmware
You can start the vmware program by typing 'vmware' (if the installation dir is on your path).

arjanhs · #3 Post by **arjanhs** » 2004-12-28 06:50

I have done the same, vmware is working, but when rebooting my system, i have to recompile my vmware stuff, i'm using sarge with kernel 2.6.9, what could be wrong ?

Arjan

lacek · #4 Post by **lacek** » 2004-12-28 21:46

It is because VMware can't start the proper services, and thus decides that your copy is not properly installed. It can be caused by a number of things, here are some which caused the same at my computer:
- The location to which you installed vmware is not available when the system boots. You have to mount the filesystem to which you installed vmeare in order to be able to start its services.
- You did a 'make modules_install' after you installed vmware. This erases any module from the modules dir.

arjanhs · #5 Post by **arjanhs** » 2004-12-29 07:12

When installing vmware i have left everything default, the only thing i have done after installing vmware is installing a new kernel, but after that i have run vmware-config.pl and i started using vmware.

I will try a reinstall.

Arjan