[RndTbl] Vmware and Ubuntu 8.04 (vmware tools install)
Scott Balneaves
sbalneav at legalaid.mb.ca
Mon Apr 20 12:10:09 CDT 2009
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:30:28AM -0500, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
> > Can anyone offer any advice about how to get networking working, as
> > that would make getting everything else working easier.
>
> Well, I've neither tried Ubuntu under VMware, nor had to build network
> drivers, but when I've needed to build other kernel modules under
> Ubuntu, I've used apt-get to install what I've needed. It should look
> after all the dependencies for you and get you out of deb package hell.
>
> And right now, you're probably thinking "well, duh, how can I use
> apt-get if I don't have a network driver?" A quick Google search shows
> that others have been in the same boat (not too surprising), and the
> advice is usually to get apt-get or aptitude to install from an Ubuntu
> CD. So, burn yourself an Ubuntu CD if you don't have one already (you
> may need the full Ubuntu CD, as the remix may not have all the packages
> you need), and read a couple of these:
Two other notes:
1) If you're going to download a Ubuntu image, download the "alternate" cd's,
not the bootable desktop ones, as these are properly set up to be used as a
deb-cd repository.
2) Keep in mind that when rebuilding a package, it's easy to take care of all
the build deps in one command:
apt-get build-dep <package-name>
Scott
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