====== Gentoo VMWare ======

  * [[Gentoo]]
  * [[VMWare]]

  * [[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VMware_Player|Gentoo Wiki: VMWare Player]]
==== Setup Gentoo as a VMWare Guest ====

=== VMWare Host ===

Set up the new guest as a 2.6 Linux guest.

=== Kernel ===

I'm using gentoo-sources 3.8.13 for the kernel.  Kernel config located [[http://beandog.org/gentoo/vmware/3.8.13-gentoo.config|here]].

=== vmware-tools ===

You can use the ISO tools that ship with VMWare or you can install them from portage.  I recommend portage, since they are newer.

<code>
flaggie app-emulation/vmware-tools +vmware_guest_linux
emerge vmware-tools --autounmask-write
</code>

The ebuild will provide an ISO that has a tarball of the tools to install.

**Note:** The vmware-tools-9.2.3.1031769 ebuild provides VMwareTools-9.2.3-1031360.tar.gz.

<code>
mount -t iso9660 -o loop /opt/vmware/lib/vmware/isoimages/linux.iso
tar xf VMwareTools-9.2.3-1031360.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-distrib/
perl vmware-install.pl
</code>

The init script doesn't run with Gentoo's init system, so add a local entry to start it on boot:

<code>
echo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start > /etc/local.d/vmware-tools.start
echo /etc/init.d/vmware-tools stop > /etc/local.d/vmware-tools.stop
chmod +x /etc/local.d/vmware-tools.*
</code>

Reboot the server so the vmtools daemon starts properly.

To see if you have the latest version, check the downloads page [[https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/5_0|here]].  The "VMware Player for Linux 64-bit" bundle details will give the latest build number.  That number matches the ebuild version.