Zoki wrote:
> *** Here's the exact error message I get when I try to install vmware on a
> Mandrake 6.0 with the 2.2.9-27mdk kernel version compiled for the i686.
>
> ### ERROR ###################################################################
>
> Enter binaries installation directory: [/usr/local/bin] /usr/bin
> Binaries installation directory is /usr/bin.
> This is the location of the executables.
> Enter installation directory for library files: [/usr/lib/vmware]
> Directory /usr/lib/vmware does not exist.
> Create it (including needed parent directories)? [yes] y
> Library installation directory is /usr/lib/vmware.
> This is the location of the library files.
> Enter installation directory for manual pages: [/usr/man]
> Manual installation directory is /usr/man.
> This is the location of the manual pages.
> Enter the top directory under which the init scripts reside. It should
> contain
> init.d/, rc2.d/, rc3.d/, rc5.d/, and rc6.d/: [/etc/rc.d]
> The boot-time init script will be stored under /etc/rc.d.
> This is the location of the script that loads the vmware
> kernel modules on reboot.
> Installing /usr/man/man1/vmware.1
> Installing /usr/bin/vmware-wizard
> Installing /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd
> Installing /usr/bin/vmware
> Installing /usr/bin/vmnet-sniffer
> Installing /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge
> Installing /usr/lib/vmware/config
> Finding an installable vmmon module
> No exact match for vmmon-up-2.2.9-27mdk. Checking for working
> alternatives.
> No alternatives found, please build a driver locally
> None of the prebuilt modules seems to work on this machine.
> This script can try and build one for you. Would you like to try? [yes]
>
> ## ERROR END ############################################################
>
> N.B.
> The follow up of the error message is logical since I don't have make
> installed.
>
> sh: make: command not found
>
> ### Something is wrong with the system include files on
> ### your machine! The file <linux/version.h> is for a
> ### Linux system but you are running a 2.2.9-27mdk
> ### kernel. This will not work for building the VMware device
> ### drivers; you must have include files that match the version
> ### of your operating system.
>
> ### END ##################################################################
>
> Before going into experimenting and sleepless nights of trying to
> understand why it doesn't work when it's supposed to (especially since the
> goal is to buy the prog and use it every day without too much problems) I
> was wondering if you would have some feedback on the reason why it doesn't
> want to install. Is there a patch to be installed or something...!?
>
> Cheers,
> Zoki.
>
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Alright we have seen this problem and we've concluded it's due to how Mandrake defaults
to installing the kernel. For our next release we are looking into putting pre-compiled
binaries for Mandrake, CorelLinux, and a few other distributions. In the meantime there
are two solutions you can try; 1. Install 'make' or 2. Recompile your kernel, which
requires make to be installed. So as you can see having make on your system can be
pretty
handy thing to have.
--
T. S. Collins
QA Engineer
VMware Inc.
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