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Chxta · 01-03-2007, 06:17 PM

Someone sent me an email asking how he could run some of his windows software in Ubuntu. This question usually arises, especially with gamers who want to run some games (in my case, Football Manager), which have no version for Linux.

My first thought would be to use Wine. But at the moment, Wine (in my opinion) is a little buggy, and doesn't run high graphic apps satisfactorily.

But no worries, there is a solution.

How did I achieve that? The answer is VMware.

So the question becomes, how do I install VMware?

The first thing that is important is that you will need to know is that you have to install the compilation utilities, which aren’t installed by default. Run these commands to get you started:

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential

$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

The first command installs gcc and all the compiler utilities. The second command installs the header files for your currently running kernel. Notice that the ` is the one next to the 1 key on your keyboard.

After installation the vmware installer should just pick up the right place and not require anything but the defaults.

If it's still misbehaving, the path to include can be found in
$/lib/modules/<>/build/include

Also note that you have to register on the VMware website, before you download. I recommend that you make use of the .tar.gz file.
Cheers.

01-03-2007, 06:17 PM	#18 (permalink)
Chxta Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 3rd rock from the Sun Posts: 8,541 Points: 9,667.30 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 9,667.30 Donate Rep Power: 21474862	Running Windows within Linux Someone sent me an email asking how he could run some of his windows software in Ubuntu. This question usually arises, especially with gamers who want to run some games (in my case, Football Manager), which have no version for Linux. My first thought would be to use Wine. But at the moment, Wine (in my opinion) is a little buggy, and doesn't run high graphic apps satisfactorily. But no worries, there is a solution. How did I achieve that? The answer is VMware. So the question becomes, how do I install VMware? The first thing that is important is that you will need to know is that you have to install the compilation utilities, which aren’t installed by default. Run these commands to get you started: $ sudo apt-get install build-essential $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` The first command installs gcc and all the compiler utilities. The second command installs the header files for your currently running kernel. Notice that the ` is the one next to the 1 key on your keyboard. After installation the vmware installer should just pick up the right place and not require anything but the defaults. If it's still misbehaving, the path to include can be found in $/lib/modules/<>/build/include Also note that you have to register on the VMware website, before you download. I recommend that you make use of the .tar.gz file. Cheers. __________________ I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.