Here is a link to a very good “howto” on installing VMware Workstation 6.0 on OpenSuse 10.2:
http://mrnovell.wordpress.com/2007/04/24/opensuse-102-installing-and-running-vmware-workstation-60/
It also worked well for openSUSE 11.1
VMware
Install VMware Server 2.0 on Unbuntu 8.04 Server
Do the following while logged in as root!!
- Download VMware Server: http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
- Install some necessary packages:
- apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential xinetd
- From the directory where you downloaded VMware Server:
- Extract and execute the VMware Install script:
- tar xvfz VMware-server-*.tar.gz
- cd vmware-server-distrib
- ./vmware-install.pl
- Accept all defaults
- Access the VMware Management Interface:
- https://servername:8333
That’s it, short and sweet!!