Note: You need the following packages from YaST installed:
kernel-source
gcc
gcc-c++
make
All these are available on the CD/DVD that you used to install your SUSE from
Installation
Change to root and then install the downloaded RPM:
$ su
Password:
# rpm -ivh VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
VMwareWorkstation ###################################### [100%]
Done. Now we will follow few extra steps, just to make sure that all is good (it might not be necessary)
Run these commands to make kernel source files usable so vmware-config.pl can compile the kernel modules.
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make mrproper
# make cloneconfig
# make modules_prepare
Configuring VMware
Now we run the following command to configure the VMware.
# vmware-config.pl
Answer all the question ask by the configuration tool.
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
The configuration of VMware Workstation 5.5.0 build-16958 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.
You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command:
“/usr/bin/vmware”.
Enjoy,
–the VMware team
That’s it. Now you will find VMware icon in your KDE/Gnome menu, or you can run it via CLI, as user, not root. Don’t forget to install the vmware-tools for your guest OS.
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