vmware deb

[Paul Kaplan]

On Sunday 11 June 2006 05:50, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 09:11 +0100, paul cooke wrote:
> > it's
> > far easier to just run the vmware script that it asks you to run after
> > any
> > updates that break it.
>
> I don't know about kernel changes and such - I have never used vmware.
> But the OP specifically asked about ways to avoid using the script, and
> this might be one. Assessment of usefulness is up to the vmware users :)
>
> Checkinstall usually at least is very handy to try out stuff, because it
> takes the hassle out of removing stuff manually from /user/local if
> there is no "uninstall" make target.
Installing doesn't involve "make"; the program is entirely pre-compiled, but 
it is necessary to run a configure script after installation.
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