I just downloaded and installed VMWare on my laptop, I had to first get the RPM and then alien it to generate a debian file. Now I am faced with the problem of getting it to work. Any tips please?

What errors are you getting when trying to run it?

/usr/bin$ ./vmware ./vmware: line 84: /etc/vmware/locations: No such file or directory ldd: /bin/vmware: No such file or directory ./vmware: line 189: /bin/vmware: No such file or directory ./vmware: line 189: exec: /bin/vmware: cannot execute: No such file or directory

Have you tried using the tar.gz instead of an RPM? Did the install of the aliened package work OK? It doesn't sound as though it installed correctly...

I'll download the tar.gz today and get back to you. Thanks as usual 3Dave... ;)

The tar.gz worked, but couldn't complete installation. Searched for a solution to the problem and found one: You need to install the headers for the release of the kernel you have installed. To find this out you can type >> uname -r to get the header you can apt-get install them, >> sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` or select the appropriate package in synaptic. Note: you'll also need gcc etc which if you don't have already you can get with >> sudo apt-get install build-essential After installation the vmware installer should just pick up the right place and not require anything but the defaults. If it's still being stupid, the path to include can be found in /lib/modules/<<module release number>>/build/include Cheers.