installing VMware w/ gentoo linux as the host system

sylphin · n00b Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 9

Can it be done?,

I run into a problem as soon as the installation script asks:

"What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to
rc6.d/)?"

(obviously gentoo not being SysV, they'll be a problem)

monkeyboy · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2002 Posts: 29 Location: Denver

There is an ebuild for vmware-workstation (app-emulation/vmware-workstation). You still need your license key though.

rizzo · Posted: Wed May 08, 2002 5:54 pm Post subject:

Yeah I had the same situation until I realized there was a gentoo build for it. emerge the gentoo build and it will install flawlessly (did for me anyway). Yes you still need a key. Once all that was out of the way it runs perfectly, and I've even got some windows developers switching back to linux. Although they are looking at RedHat 7.3. I still have work to do with them ... :twisted:

user124 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 86

hi,

generate the /etc/init.d/rc[bla] dirs by hand - let vmware install - and symlink the scripts in /etc/init.d to the default runlevel.

user124

rizzo · Posted: Wed May 08, 2002 6:11 pm Post subject:

user124 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 86

what is the messy thing on installing it this way?

user124

arkane · l33t Joined: 30 Apr 2002 Posts: 918 Location: Phoenix, AZ

because it's not an official package. (easy install/uninstall, etc...)

hell, if somethings a package, why fudge it creating sysV stuff?

starach · n00b Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 10 Location: Warsaw

Hello,

I've installed it from emerge just like you said ( emerge app-emulation/vmware-workstation ) but I still can't run vmware-install.pl It still asks me for those directories and stops we he can't find them.