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AJK Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 5 Other Topics	Posted May 17, 2008 at 7:23:34 PM Subject: VMPlayer does not compile on Ubuntu 8.04 Has anyone succeeded in using VMPlayer (2.0.3 build 80004) on Ubuntu 8.04? When I tried to install it, it said that there is no pre-built vmmon module suitable for this kernel, and it tries to compile one and fails with some compilation errors. An identical question was posted (by someone else) to the VMWare forums but it has not been answered yet. Thanks, Amir
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raluxs Joined May 14, 2008 Posts: 28 Other Topics	Posted: May 17, 2008 8:39:17 PM Subject: VMPlayer does not compile on Ubuntu 8.04 Usually installing vmware on a newer kernel requires two things, a compiler (gcc and friends) and the kernel source files, if the compilation begins and crashes after a while I think you need to install the source files. Good luck.
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Shashank Sharma Joined Jan 01, 1970 Posts: 1357 Location:New Delhi, India Other Topics	Posted: May 18, 2008 11:29:19 AM Subject: VMPlayer does not compile on Ubuntu 8.04 AJK, according to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Player Quote: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: The installation of Vmware Player on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is not yet supported by Vmware. But this might be of some interest: http://czarism.com/easy-peasy-vmwareplayer-vmplayer-ubuntu-hardy-804 Cheers! Coauthor of Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional published by Apress. Please follow the Forum Guidelines
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Peter Joined May 16, 2008 Posts: 27 Other Topics	Posted: May 20, 2008 5:28:11 PM Subject: VMPlayer does not compile on Ubuntu 8.04 Quote: When I tried to install it, it said that there is no pre-built vmmon module suitable for this kernel, and it tries to compile one and fails with some compilation errors. You have to install the linux-kernel-devel package. ... ...... ......... Also if u finally give up on trying to install vmware i recommend u to use the Sun VirtualBox software. Its free and ten times easier to install. Hope it helps. ~ R
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evilc Joined May 25, 2008 Posts: 3 Location:Melbourne Other Topics	Posted: May 26, 2008 2:50:24 AM Subject: VMPlayer does not compile on Ubuntu 8.04 Use this post to install vmware it works. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=779934] remember the symlinks near the bottom. [Modified by: evilc on May 26, 2008 11:51 AM] Clive
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