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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com>
To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:46:40 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <-2773074045270622480@unknownmsgid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <i7809j$e2e$1@dough.gmane.org>

Im using the vmware installer on gentoo sucessfully. Seems that 7.1.1
on 2.6.34 is a bit smoother on the install than .35 but it still
works.

Iirc you just need to set init script stuff


>
> You cannot install the package provided by vmware.com.  You have to use the Gentoo ebuild.  With layman, add the "vmware" overlay and install vmware-workstation from there.  Before you do that, make sure you cleaned your system from everything installed by the official vmware package.
>
>



  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-09-21  6:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-20 15:54 [gentoo-user] VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo Thomas Yao
2010-09-20 15:58 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2010-09-21  1:24   ` Thomas Yao
2010-09-21  5:46   ` Adam Carter [this message]
2010-09-21  9:59     ` Nikos Chantziaras

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