Section: User Commands (1)Updated: September 2007Local indexUp
NAME
make-vmpkg - build VMware packages from VMware tarballs
SYNOPSIS
make-vmpkg
[OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
make-vmpkg builds a set of non-redistributable Debian binary packages
(.debs) from packaging data delivered with vmware-package and a VMware
product tarball that you must obtain.
make-vmpkg will check that the tarball has the same md5sum and version
number as one that was tested to work with vmware-package. These
checks can be overridden.
For a complete example of usage, please see the file
/usr/share/doc/vmware-package/README.Debian.
The following products are currently supported:
workstation
VMware Workstation 6.0. Includes kernel modules.
player
VMware Player 2.0. Includes kernel modules.
server
VMware Server 1.0. Includes kernel modules.
server-console
VMware Server Console 1.0. This is a GTK application for managing
VMware Server.
server-mui
VMware Server Management Interface 1.0. This is a web-based
management interface for VMware Server.
any-any
VMware kernel modules for Linux taken from Petr Vandrovec's
vmware-any-any update. These modules are suitable for some versions of
VMware Player, VMware Workstation, and VMware Server.
Command line options:
-b, --builddir=DIR
package build directory
-d, --nodelete
refrain from deleting the source package directory
-D, --distribution=NAME
set the distribution name (default UNRELEASED)
-k, --kernel
build kernel modules (requires root privileges)
-l, --localver=VER
local version (appended to the upstream version)
-m, --maintainer=MAINT
local maintainer name and email address in RFC 822 format if
$DEBFULLNAME and $DEBEMAIL are not set
-n, --dryrun
perform a dry run, do not begin the package build (implies -d)
-r, --rootcmd=CMD
command to gain root privileges during package build
-s, --skipchecks
skip version and md5sum checks
-p, --product=PRODUCT
attempt to build a specific product
-u, --upstreamver=VER
force the upstream version
FILE should be the path to a tarball containing one of the supported
VMware products and is the only required argument.
AUTHOR
Written by Marc Haber and Robert Edmonds.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs in make-vmpkg and the VMware packaging to the vmware-package
package in the Debian BTS. Report bugs in VMware products to VMware, Inc.
Bugs in VMware products that can be reproduced in both make-vmpkg generated
packages and the official VMware tarballs should be reported to VMware, Inc.
Bugs that can only be reproduced in make-vmpkg generated packages should be
reported to the Debian BTS with wishlist severity.