Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:00:26 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Lee.Sweeney@siemensSG.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Application compatibility Message-ID: <3FFC3B2A.5050406@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <59980A756D9CF94DB68581030E67C9CB436441@CRK1M01A> References: <59980A756D9CF94DB68581030E67C9CB436441@CRK1M01A>
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Lee.Sweeney@siemensSG.com wrote: >Hi guys, > >I am interested in running VMWare. It is available to run on Linux as your >host operating system, however I would like to use FreeBSD as the host >operating. I was wondering since so many linux apps and utilities run on BSD >would it be possible to run VMWare also? If not what possible options would >I have if any? > >Regard, >Lee Sweeney > > I haven't tried it yet, but I'd say you are "in luck" <?!!> $cd /usr/ports $make search key=vmware Port: linux-vmware-toolbox-2.0.4.1142 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/linux-vmware-toolbox2 Info: VMware toolbox for guest OS (for VMware 2.x, Linux version) Maint: matusita@FreeBSD.org Index: emulators linux B-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 linux_base-7.1_5 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 Port: linux-vmware-toolbox-4.0.5.6030 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/linux-vmware-toolbox4 Info: VMware toolbox for guest OS (for VMware 4.x, Linux version) Maint: matusita@FreeBSD.org Index: emulators linux B-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 linux_base-7.1_5 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 Port: vmware-guestd-3.1.1.1790 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-guestd3 Info: VMware time synchronization daemon for FreeBSD guest OS (for VMware 3.x) Maint: matusita@FreeBSD.org Index: emulators B-deps: compat3x-i386-5.0.20020925 R-deps: compat3x-i386-5.0.20020925 Port: vmware-guestd-4.0.5.6030 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-guestd4 Info: VMware time synchronization daemon for FreeBSD guest OS (for VMware 4.x) Maint: matusita@FreeBSD.org Index: emulators B-deps: R-deps: Port: vmware-tools-2.0.4.307 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-tools2 Info: VMware tools for guest OS (for VMware 2.x, FreeBSD version) Maint: matusita@FreeBSD.org Index: emulators B-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 Port: vmware-tools-3.1.1.1790 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-tools3 Info: VMware tools for guest OS (for VMware 3.x, FreeBSD version) Maint: matusita@FreeBSD.org Index: emulators B-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 compat3x-i386-5.0.20020925 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 compat3x-i386-5.0.20020925 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 vmware-guestd-3.1.1.1790 Port: vmware-tools-4.0.5.6030 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-tools4 Info: VMware tools for guest OS (for VMware 4.x, FreeBSD version) Maint: matusita@FreeBSD.org Index: emulators B-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 vmware-guestd-4.0.5.6030 Port: vmware2-2.0.4.1142 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/vmware2 Info: A virtual machine emulator - a full PC in a window Maint: vsilyaev@mindspring.com Index: emulators linux B-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 linux_base-7.1_5 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 rtc-2002.0 3.05.2_2 Port: vmware3-3.2.1.2242_2,1 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3 Info: A virtual machine emulator - a full PC in a window Maint: orlando.bassotto@ieo-research.it Index: emulators linux B-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 R-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 linux_base-7.1_5 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 rtc-2002.0 3.05.2_2 Port: vmware_xf4mod-1.0 Path: /usr/ports/emulators/vmware_xf4mod Info: A XFree86 4.x driver module for VMware guests Maint: ports@freebsd.org Index: emulators B-deps: XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 R-deps: XFree86-4.3.0,1 XFree86-FontServer-4.3.0_2 XFree86-Server-4.3.0_12 XFree86-clients-4.3.0_5 XFree86-documents-4.3.0 XFree86-font100dpi-4.3.0 XFree86-fon t75dpi-4.3.0 XFree86-fontCyrillic-4.3.0 XFree86-fontDefaultBitmaps-4.3.0 XFree86-fontEncodings-4.3.0 XFree86-fontScalable-4.3.0 XFree86-libraries-4.3.0_6 Xft-2 .1.2 dri-4.3.0,1 expat-1.95.6_1 fontconfig-2.2.90_3 freetype2-2.1.5_1 imake-4.3.0_1 perl-5.6.1_14 pkgconfig-0.15.0 png-1.2.5_2 wrapper-1.0_3 HTH, Kevin Kinsey
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