Re: vmware on debian etch

[Kristian Lampen <kristian.mailinglists@ewetel.net>]

H.S. wrote:
> er ... I am not sure if I should be asking this in this forum since 
> vmware is not open source.
>
> I wanted to play around with vmware server and installed it on my etch 
> system in /usr/local.
>
> I also intalled vmware-mui in /usr/local as well.
>
> When I browse to localhost:8333, I get an empty page, only the footer 
> text is being displayed.
>
> The installation seemed to have gone alright and the modules were also 
> built without any complaints. I am not sure where the problem could. I 
> installed vmware from its tgz sources.
>
> If somebody has been successful in installing vmware in Debian Etch, I 
> would love to know how you did it.
>
> thanks,
> ->HS

Hi,
I managed to install the workstation or the player with an rpm of it.
Converting the rpm to a deb-package with alien. This is described here
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=9921.

Kristian