VMware Workstation 5.5.4 on Ubuntu 7.04

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Install VMware Workstation

Image:Warning.pngWARNING:

Some features, like bridget networking over wireless links, don't work properly in 5.5.4 or 5.5.3-build-34685. The best you can do is to install VMware 6.

  1. Unpack the tar.gz into /tmp/vmware
  2. Run the installer 
sudo ./runme.pl
  1. Install in /opt/vmware
  2. The modules won't compile
  3. Download the patch from http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/
  4. Normally it's vmware-any-any-updateversion.tar.gz (http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update109.tar.gz)
  5. Unpack it into /tmp
  6. Extract vmmon.tar to /tmp/vmmon
  7. Change this 
#define VMMON_VERSION_V55 (137 << 16 | 0)
into 
#define VMMON_VERSION_V55 (138 << 16 | 0)
in ./vmmon-only/include/iocontrols_compat.h
  1. Repackage vmmon.tar with this new content
  2. Replace the original
  3. Run ./runme.pl
  4. Go to Main Menu->System->Preferences->Main Menu and edit Applications->System Tools->VMware and VMplayer and add /opt/vmware to the path
  5. If you don't have the serial number go to http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/newstore/serial_license.jsp

Installation should work now.

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