Connection to a ESX VM Off Site

When off site, it is best to use the remote desktop connection over the VMware vSphere (VSC) console.  A remote desktop connection to a ESX VM is much faster over a slow Internet connection than a VSC console.

Installing VMware 7.0 Under Ubuntu 9.10

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Workstation

Following the above slightly outdated article.

VMware-Workstation-Full-7.0.0-203739.i386.bundle

   1. Install required packages build-essential, linux-kernel-headers and linux-kernel-devel

      sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-kernel-headers linux-kernel-devel

   2. Navigate to where the .bundle VMWare file is, then type this in

      gksudo bash ./VMware-Workstation-Full-7.0.0-203739.i386.bundle

Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "linux-kernel-devel"
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "linux-kernel-devel"

Looks like I may not need this package.

This thread even makes things more confusing.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1059826

This doesn't look good.

With Steve's help.

It seems that I could simple ignore the linux-kernel-devel.

Also the bundle will tell you what you are missing.

gksudo is when you need to run something graphical.