Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-player problem

[David Relson]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:11:35 -0400
David Relson wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:32:59 +0300
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>
> > On 09/15/2011 01:28 AM, David Relson wrote:
> > > On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:45:58 +0300
> > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 09/14/2011 03:00 PM, David Relson wrote:
> > >>> Using files pointed to from BGO, I have successfully installed
> > >>> vmware-player and vmware-modules-238-r1 on my 64-bit gentoo
> > >>> system running kernel 2.6.39-gentoo-r2
> > >>>
> > >>> However, vmware-player won't start.  Checking in
> > >>> /var/tmp/vmware-relson, I found the following message:
> > >>>
> > >>>      Could not
> > >>> open /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware.so/libvmware.so
> > >>>
> > >>> The message is correct, libvmware.so does not exist at the path
> > >>> above (or anywhere else).
> > >>
> > >> Try installing vmware-workstation and try again.
> > >>
> > >
> > > vmware-workstation costs more $$ than I'm willing to pay.
> >
> > You don't have to use it.  You just install it in order to get
> > libvmware.so.  You then use Player, not Workstation.
> >
> > It's fetch-restricted, so portage will tell you which file to
> > download. To download, you need to register, but creating an account
> > doesn't cost.
> >
>
> I wish it were that simple.
>
> vmware-8.0.0 was released today and the vmware site seems not to
> include older versions.  (If they're still available, they're well
> hidden).
>
> I've created an 8.0.0 ebuild by making the obvious modification to the
> 7.1.4 ebuild.  However when I run
>
>   ebuild /usr/local/portage/..vmware-workstation-8.0.8...digest"
>
> portage gives a "fetch restricted; download and copy
> to .../distfiles/..." message.  This happens even though I _have_
> downloaded the bundle and put it in the distfiles directory.
>
> What the heck?
>
> David

Note:  I found the x86_64 bundle for 7.1.4 (the most recent ebuild) by
googling.