VMware and packaging

[Christopher Vance]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 12:56:13PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote:
>> 1) is there a .deb somewhere (for amd64) I can install, that puts
>> things in the 'normal' places?
>
>If there is, only the vmware company can distribute them.  If you'd like
>them to make ubuntu packages, ask them!

I'll only be using one copy.  (I'm still on an evaluation license - I
wasn't going to pay for it until I'm happy it's working okay.)

>> 2) if not, is there a way of telling the packaging system I've
>> installed some files, and that I want it (the packaging system) to
>> keep track of them?
>
>You can use checkinstall, or just install it to /usr/local/vmware/ or
>whatever.

Ta.  I just untarred it manually, applied the update, and used the
installer that VMware ship.  Seems to work.

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Christopher Vance