Installing vmware and setup package dependancies on Fedora
1. Download vmware package (.rpm)
2. Install using rpm package manager
rpm -Uvh VMware-xxxxx.rpm (xxxxx = installation file)
3. Run config program
vmware-config.pl
- problems during configuration:
a.) None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)?
- accept yes
- if you don’t have c compiler: yum install gcc
Note: the location of the directory of C header files is /lib/modules /2.6.23.8-63.fc8/build/include
b.) No kernel-devel packages are loaded in your system
- check this with:
root@linuxconfig.org# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8
kernel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
kernel-headers-2.6.23.8-63.fc8
- install kernel-devel package for your system:
root@linuxconfig.org# yum install kernel-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8
or just simply:
root@linuxconfig.org# yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)
- check again after install:
root@linuxconfig.org# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-devel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8
kernel-2.6.23.8-63.fc8
kernel-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
kernel-headers-2.6.23.8-63.fc8
c.) Now, run again: vmware-config.pl
-it should all now work for you
-you can accept default options as you proceed with configuration, or change whatever you need to
4. Run vmware
root@linuxconfig.org# vmware
- enter serial number in ‘Help’ tab
- create your virtual machine
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