make-vmpkg(1)

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.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2007 Marc Haber, Robert Edmonds
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

September 2007 MAKE-VMPKG(1)