Priority: extra
Section/category: contrib/admin
Installed size: 1184
Maintainer(s): Debian VMware Maintainers
Architecture (arch): all
Source: open-vm-tools
Version in APT: 1:8.4.2-261024-1
Provides:
Depends: debhelper (>= 7), quilt, make, bzip2
Pre-depends:
Recommends: module-assistant, open-vm-tools
Filename: pool/contrib/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-source_8.4.2-261024-1_all.deb
Filesize: 1184
MD5 Hash: 5c7729c20740b53a877aedc883b0d177
Description: Source for VMware guest systems driver
This package provides the source code for the open-vm kernel modules.
The open-vm-tools package is also required in order to make use of these
modules. Kernel source or headers are required to compile these modules.
Homepage: http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/
Tag: role::source
1. open-vm-tools” package : Ubuntu
open-vm-dkms: Source for VMware guest systems driver (DKMS) open-vm-source: Transitional package for open-vm-source open-vm-toolbox: tools and components for VMware guest ...
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools
2. Install VMware Tools – Debian Lenny - swherdman.com
Package: open-vm-source (2008.11.18-130226-1lenny2) [contrib] Squeeze: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/open-vm-source. Package: open-vm-source (2010.06.16-268169-3) [contrib]
http://swherdman.com/2009/03/install-vmware-tools-debian-lenny/
3. Installing the VMware tools in Ubuntu/Debian using .deb archives ...
If not, you must use module-assistant, or an equivalent kbuild method, to make build them from the open-vm-source package. Either method requires a basic make environment ...
http://cldoten.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/installing-the-vmware-tools-in-ubuntu-debian-from-deb-archives/