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Re: vmware on debian



On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 05:26:27AM +0300, Alex Shnitman wrote:
> You have to have the kernel source, or at least the headers part of
> it, in /usr/src/linux. Sometimes that's not enough (I'm not familiar
> with the vmware Makefile so I can't tell for vmware) and you have to
> do this:
> cd /usr/include
> mv linux linux.old
> ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux .
> mv asm asm.old
> ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm .

Then you should email the authors and tell them not to insist on
having exact kernel headers in /usr/include/linux. It's an assumption
which is not true on Debian GNU/Linux. They should allow you to specify
the location. You should not (and should not need to) do the above
hack to your /usr/include directory.


Hamish
-- 
Hamish Moffatt VK3SB (ex-VK3TYD). 
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