I keep meaning to post this to make my life easier every time I (re)install VMware on a new machine.
Here’s the ultimate how-to for installing VMware workstation on Novell Linux Desktop; and how ZLM makes it easy.
Pre-requisites:
– make sure the ZENworks Linux Management client (aka Red Carpet) is installed.
You can get this from ftp://ftp.ximian.com/pub/redcarpet2
You will need at minimum rcd and rug. You may also want red-carpet for the GUI experience.
ftp.ximian.com/pub/redcarpet2/nld-9-i586 – as of 11 May 2005
rcd-2.4.4-0.ximian.0.1.i586.rpm 1462 KB 11/23/2004 12:15:00 AM
rcd-2.4.5-0.novell.0.2.i586.rpm 1464 KB 02/08/2005 04:55:00 PM
rcd-modules-2.4.4-0.ximian.0.1.i586.rpm 3447 KB 11/23/2004 12:15:00 AM
red-carpet-2.4.4-0.ximian.0.1.i586.rpm 1772 KB 11/23/2004 12:17:00 AM
rug-2.4.4-0.ximian.0.1.i586.rpm 279 KB 11/23/2004 12:17:00 AM
Then install the required RPMs
rpm -Uvh rcd-*.rpm rug-*.rpm
– make sure you have subscribed to the Novell Linux Desktop update service:
rug service-add https://update.novell.com/data
rug activate [activation code] [email]
– install the kernel-source for NLD
rug in kernel-source
Using kernel-source 2.6.5-7.109.5 from the ‘nld-9-i586’ channel
The following requested packages will be installed:
kernel-source 2.6.5-7.109.5 (nld-9-i586)
1 packages will be installed.
This is a 37.56M download.
Do you want to continue? [y/N] y
Download complete
Verifying kernel-source
Preparing Transaction
Installing kernel-source-2.6.5-7.109.5.i586.rpm
Transaction finished
– install gcc, make
rug in gcc make
Using make 3.80-184.2 from the ‘nld-9-i586’ channel
Using gcc 3.3.3-43.25 from the ‘nld-9-i586’ channel
The following requested packages will be installed:
gcc 3.3.3-43.25 (nld-9-i586)
make 3.80-184.2 (nld-9-i586)
2 packages will be installed.
This is a 763.00k download.
Do you want to continue? [y/N] y
Download complete
Verifying make
Verifying gcc
Preparing Transaction
Installing make-3.80-184.2.i586.rpm
Installing gcc-3.3.3-43.25.i586.rpm
Transaction finished
– do the kernel mungling
as root
cd /usr/src/linux
make cloneconfig
make prepare-all
– download the latest and greatest VMware Workstation pieces; RPM package is good.
– install VMware workstation using ZENworks
rug in VMware-workstation-5.0.0-13124.i386.rpm
The following requested packages will be installed:
VMwareWorkstation 5.0.0-13124
1 packages will be installed.
Do you want to continue? [y/N] y
Verifying VMwareWorkstation
There is no package signature for VMwareWorkstation; package will be installed because user is trusted
Preparing Transaction
Installing VMware-workstation-5.0.0-13124.i386.rpm
Transaction finished
– configure VMware
As root
vmware-config.pl
and walk through the configuration.
You may want to create a launcher for vmware – /usr/bin/vmware
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