[gentoo-user] VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo

[gentoo-user] VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo

[Thomas Yao]

Hi all , I just downloaded the VMware Workstation 7 and tried to
install it on my gentoo but failed
I installed 32-bit gentoo system on my PC and its kernel version is
the lastest one in gentoo -> 2.6.35-r7
I successfully installed Workstation on the gentoo but when I run it ,
it ask me to compile the modules it needs.

Then I just click install and failed at the last step , here is the fail log:
http://paste.pocoo.org/show/264928/

Any help ? Big thank you

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@ghosTM55
Mechanism, not policy

[gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 09/20/2010 06:54 PM, Thomas Yao wrote:
> Hi all , I just downloaded the VMware Workstation 7 and tried to
> install it on my gentoo but failed
> I installed 32-bit gentoo system on my PC and its kernel version is
> the lastest one in gentoo ->  2.6.35-r7
> I successfully installed Workstation on the gentoo but when I run it ,
> it ask me to compile the modules it needs.
>
> Then I just click install and failed at the last step , here is the fail log:
> http://paste.pocoo.org/show/264928/
>
> Any help ? Big thank you

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.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo

[Thomas Yao]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:
> 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.

Okay , thank you very much , I'll try it soon

-- 
@ghosTM55
Mechanism, not policy

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo

[Adam Carter]

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.
>
>

[gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 09/21/2010 08:46 AM, Adam Carter wrote:
> 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

This is taken care of by the ebuild.

Also, the modules are not part of a package, but are compiled by a 
script.  In the vmware overlay, the modules come in their own package 
(vmware-modules).