VMware3 Stuff

Gary gv-list-freebsdquestions at mygirlfriday.info
Thu Sep 18 12:40:23 PDT 2003


Hi jrf4772,

--On Thursday, September 18, 2003 02:26:25 PM -0500 jrf4772 
<jrf4772 at ksu.edu> wrote:

> I am trying to install the vmware3 port.
>
> osage# uname -a
> FreeBSD osage.telecom.ksu.edu 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Aug
> 21  23:27:06 CDT 2003
> root at osage.telecom.ksu.edu:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/OSAGE  i386
> osage# pwd
> /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3
> osage# make install
> ===>  vmware3-3.2.1-2237_1 is marked as broken: Kernel source files
> required.
>
> okay, fine, the source files ARE installed
>
> /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3/Makefile line 40 says:
> SRC_BASE?=	/usr/src
>
> shouldn't that be:
> SRC_BASE?=	/usr/src/sys
>
>
> anyway, i did that, it compiled and starts up. just letting anyone who
> may  care know about it.

Well I'll be darned.. that was going to be one of my questions about 
installing VMWare... although VMW is up to Version 4.02 now... Amazing.

Did you have to install vmware_xf4mod-1.0 port first?


-- 
Gary


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