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From: Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To: "gentoo-user@l.g.o" <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:07:51
Message-Id: -2773074045270622480@unknownmsgid
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo by Nikos Chantziaras
1 Im using the vmware installer on gentoo sucessfully. Seems that 7.1.1
2 on 2.6.34 is a bit smoother on the install than .35 but it still
3 works.
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5 Iirc you just need to set init script stuff
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9 > 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.
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[gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>