VMware Workstation 5.5 with OpenSuSE 10.1

For the full rundown, see this page:
http://en.opensuse.org/Setting_up_VMware_on_SUSE_Linux

Prerequisites:
gcc
gcc-c++
kernel-source
kernel-syms
make (this is probably already installed)

Installation:

Prepare the Host System for Building Kernel Modules

1. Open a Terminal window
2. Use su to become root
3. Change to /usr/src/linux directory, and run the following command:
make cloneconfig
4. Run the following command:
make modules_prepare

Install VMware Workstation from RPM

YaST is able to install the RPM for VMware Workstation on SUSE Linux without any problem. You can get the RPM-based installer for VMware from www.vmware.com. Also, VMware will provide you with a 30-day evaluation license to try the product before you buy it. After applying the RPM for VMware, DO NOT run the VMware configuration script (/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl). It will not work properly yet.

Download and Apply vmware-any-any-update

Download the latest vmware-any-any-update from http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware. This update is a relatively small, compressed archive with an automated installer script.

(Note: the version at the time of this writing was vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz, which worked on SUSE Linux 10.1)

1. Extract the archive, then follow these steps:
2. Open a Terminal window
3. Use su to become root
4. Switch to the directory in which you extracted vmware-any-any-update

5. Run ./runme.pl and follow the prompts.

Note: After applying the patch, the runme.pl script will call the VMware configuration script /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl. Follow these prompts as well.

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