Installing patch for VMware Workstation 5.5 For Linux

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 10:51:21PM -0400, Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote:
> Hello, 
> 
>      I tried to go to the WMware website to find the patch
> wmware-any-any-update101 update but cannot find it.  Where can I go to

Sorry, it's vmware-any-any-update101. Apologies for the typo.
You have to download it, unpack it, and run the installation script
*after* the VMwareXYZ rpm installation. 

> get this patch?  Also, when compiling the software in /usr/bin, I get to
> the point in the installation where it asks for a C compiler.  I am
> currently using the latest kernel in FC5 and when I look for the path
> suggested in the installation, it is not on my computer.  I am using
> rpm's to install vmware, but when I get to this part of the installation
> (where it asks for the compiler), I am sitting dead in the water.  What
> can I do to resolve this situation?  Thanks in advance. 

If you have the gcc suite installed, above patch should be
everything you need.

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