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Ubuntu / Debian Installer Package Request posted: Jun 10, 2009 10:37 PM

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devincherry
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Nov 7, 2008
My employer is moving more and more towards Ubuntu as its default linux platform. While there are currently source and RPM distributions of VMWare Tools available for linux, there is no Debian-based package. A Debian/Ubuntu compatible installation package for 3.5 Infrastructure is very much needed.

Please, all implementers of Debian/Ubuntu, this is a call to arms for a VMWare Tools .deb installable package. Compiliing source versions is cumbersome for our non-linux-guru coworkers.
Tags: vmware-tools, ubuntu, tools, linux

Re: Ubuntu / Debian Installer Package Request

2. Jun 11, 2009 9:29 AM in response to: prakashraj
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devincherry
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Nov 7, 2008
thank you for the links. I'm sure someone will find them quite useful. :-)
But I was looking more to bring it to vmware's attention that an easy
package installation is needed.

Re: Ubuntu / Debian Installer Package Request

3. Jun 11, 2009 1:32 PM in response to: devincherry
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Degel3030
12 posts since
Feb 5, 2009
It would be really nice to have a .deb package. Luckily, as linked previous, it is a relatively easy process. I have Ubuntu 8.04 as a host and vmware server 2.0 running on it and it has been rock solid. I also have a couple of Debian and Ubuntu VM's and the VM Tools are fairly easy to install.
But, as you mentioned, it would be nice for a .deb package to be included since it seems Debian-based distros are going to take over the world :)

Re: Ubuntu / Debian Installer Package Request

4. Jun 12, 2009 8:38 AM in response to: devincherry
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youshoulduseu…
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Nov 7, 2008
As it turns out, the following announcement might be of help: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/185899?tstart=0

which explains how to get native installable packages (yes, '.deb' too!) for vmware tools. It seems this has been overlooked by quite a few members of these forums...Might I suggest a little bling to make it stand out more?

Re: Ubuntu / Debian Installer Package Request

5. Jun 14, 2009 9:21 AM in response to: prakashraj
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Texiwill
10,205 posts since
Jan 13, 2004
Hello,

Check out http://www.vmware.com/pdf/osp_install_guide.pdf as it has Ubuntu OSP packages listed as supported.


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