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Sven
Asked: 2010-10-14 01:18:27 +0800 CST

How do I install wmware workstation?

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I tried to install "VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.2-301548.x86_64.bundle" on Ubuntu 10.10-64bit (2.6.35-22-generic). It seemed to work - but then there is the WMware Kernel Module Updater which fails with "Unable to build kernel module." The logfile doesn't help me. It just says "Failed to compile module vmmon!"

Is this a problem of wmware, ubuntu or me? What do I have to do now? And why is there no "apt-get install vmware-workstation"-way?

10.10 vmware 64-bit virtualization

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  1. Best Answer

    The supported method would wait for the next VMWare Workstation release, which will likely support the newer 10.10 Ubuntu release.

    If you don't feel like waiting that long, you can patch your installation, as described at: debuntu.org: WMware Workstation 7.1 on Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat 10.10

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  2. Friend,

    Use the command chmod + x VMware-Workstation-7.1.2-full-301548.x86_64.bundle then type the command

    ./VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.2-301548.x86_64.bundle

    If an error occurs.

    aptitude update
reboot
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