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From: "Bo Ørsted Andresen" <bo.andresen@××××.dk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT vmware] Installing vmware-toolbox
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:29:44
Message-Id: 200701262022.55379.bo.andresen@zlin.dk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT vmware] Installing vmware-toolbox by Mick
1 On Friday 26 January 2007 20:05, Mick wrote:
2 > On Friday 26 January 2007 17:37, reader@×××××××.com wrote:
3 > > "Richard Fish" <bigfish@××××××××××.org> writes:
4 > > > On 1/26/07, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org> wrote:
5 > > >> Why not just "emerge =app-emulationvmware-workstation-tools-VERSION"
6 > > >
7 > > > Pfft, missed a '/'....should be:
8 > > > =app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools-VERSION
9 > >
10 > > I wasn't sure what that was... thought it would be for vmware the
11 > > other way round with gentoo as host.
12
13 Yeah, that would explain the description being: "Guest-os tools for VMware
14 Workstation". Or not...
15
16 > > It turned out I was able to get it installed painlessly by creating a
17 > > heard of sysv style runlevel directories in /etc/init.d
18 >
19 > wow! That sounds like something I *definitely* don't know how to do . . .
20 > any chance for a how to if you get a chance? A wiki article would of
21 > course be even better. :-)
22
23 Why? There's an ebuild..? Richard already said that.
24
25 --
26 Bo Andresen

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