On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:05:44AM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > > SNIP >> well for 2.6.22 you couls also just do a m-a a-i vmware-server-kernel >> and a apt-get install vmware-XXX >> >> my problem was with 2.6.24. >> >> I try and do it with apt if possible > > If you make a .deb from alien and use dpkg -i, it is as if you are using > apt. The packagemanager knows it is installed. Apt is not magical. It > is a front end to dpkg. true > > I can't remember how I hit on this method, however I can tell you I > don't like installing *.tar.gz unless I am making a .deb. Using Alien > --with-scripts makes me a .deb. So far in Debian Sid and in Ubuntu 7.10 > this method has worked for VMworkstation and VMserver and you don't have > to muck with mod assistant. I will have to have a look at it. I guess before 2.6.24 module assist wasn't a problem > > > Damon L. Chesser > > damon@damtek.com > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "They have miscalculated me as a leader." - George W. Bush 09/13/2000 Westminster, CA
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