Re: VMware on Debian
On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 02:51:07 -0400 (+0000), Behan Webster wrote:
> Has anyone put together a vmware installer for debian? There seems to
> be mention of such a beast on the kernel mailing list archives, but I
> can't find out where I can get a copy of it.
>
> I hate installing anything on my Debian box without using dpkg.
>
> Ideally I'd like a vmware.deb, but an installer from the .tar.gz or .rpm
> would be great!
>
> If no-one has such a thing, I might just try to put one together.
The tarball installs fine for me. Now if only VMware could put together a
configure script that was even 10% useful. There current one is dreadful -
long, complicated, breaks all over the place.... That is something I'd
reallly appreciate in a Debian package :-)
a) setting variables, then unsetting them and resetting them
(/etc/vmware/locations) gives really poor readability
b) it doesn't check to see if you already have the correct modules (/like
looking in /lib/modules/<uname -?>
c) I just want to reconfigure networking - not the kernel modules - but it
won't let me
d) it's networking setup is badly screwed - last time I looked although it
asked you for a netmask, it then assumed it was 255.255.255.0 and didn't
even warn you if this wasn't what you had typed in.
Cheers
Adrian (a willing guinea pig if you want your packages testing!)
email: adrian.bridgett@iname.com
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