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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- What Is VMware Player?
- Installing and Running VMware Player
- Supported Host and Guest Operating Systems for VMware Player
- Supported Host Operating Systems
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Windows 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Windows 64-Bit Operating Systems
- Linux 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Linux 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Novell NetWare 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- FreeBSD 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- FreeBSD 64-Bit Guest Operating System
- Sun Solaris 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- Sun Solaris 64-Bit Guest Operating System
- Processor Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
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Getting Started with VMware Player
c Change!to!the!directory!to!which!you!copied!the!file:
cd /tmp
dUnpack!the!archive:
tar zxpf VMware-<xxxx>.tar.gz
e Change!to!the!installation!directory:
cd vmware-player-distrib
fRun!the!installation!program:
./vmware-install.pl
gPress!return!to!accept!the!default!values!at!the!prompts.!
hPress!return!(Yes)!when!prompted!to!run!vmware-config.pl.
iSkip!to!Step 7.
6To!use!the!RPM!installer:
aRun!RPM!specifying!the!installation!file:
rpm -Uhv VMware-<xxxx>.rpm
VMware-<xxxx>.rpm!is!the!installation!file.!(In!the!filename,!<xxxx-xxxx>!is!a!series!of!numbers!
representing!the!version!and!build!numbers.)
bRun!the!configuration!program!from!the!command!line:
vmware-config.pl
7At!the!vmware-config.pl!prompts,!accept!the!default!values.!
The!configuration!program!displays!a!message!saying!the!configuration!completed!successfully.!If!you!do!
not!see!the!configuration!completion!message,!run!the!configuration!program!again.
8When!you!are!done,!exit!from!the!root!account.!Type:
exit
Configuring the Linux Installation with vmware-config.pl
Use!vmware-config.pl!to!configure!your!Linux!installation!of!VMware!Player.!
Required Configuration Changes
Configuration!with!vmware-config.pl!is!required!in!the!following!circumstances:
! When!you!install!VMware!Player!the!first!time.
! When!you!upgrade!your!version! of!VMware!Player.
! When!you!upgrade!your!host!operating!system!kernel.!(It!is!not!necessary!to!reinstall!VMware!Player!after!
you!upgrade!your!kernel.)
! To!reconfigure!the!networking!options!for!VMware!Player,!for!example,!to!add!or!remove!host‐only!
networking.
NOTE!!!If!you!do!not!enable!host‐only!networking!when!you!install!VMware!Player,!you!cannot!allow!a!
virtual!machine!to!use!both!bridged!and!host‐only!networking.!
NOTE!!!If!you!install!from!the!tar!archive,!the!installer!starts!the!configuration!program!for!you!unless!you!
specify!No!at!the!prompt!to!run!vmware-config.pl.!
If!you!use!the!RPM!installer,!you!must!run!the!configuration!program!from!the!command!line.!