Comment 26 for bug 133020

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Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus) wrote : Re: [Bug 133020] Re: Vmware server missing in Gutsy

> you must have missed something. I saw vmware-player in the partner
> repo from the first day Gutsy was released. You can install it by
> using "Add/Remove Applications". Are you using x86-64 version of
> Gutsy?

Yes, Gutsy on AMD64 CPU. I can see vmware-server, but only since it was
recently released, but not a Gutsy version of vmware-player.

    $ apt-cache search vmware-player
    vmware-player-kernel-modules - vmware-player kernel module dependency package
    vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 - vmware-player modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.20)
    $ apt-cache search vmware-server
    vmware-server - Free virtual machine server from VMware
    vmware-server-kernel-modules - vmware-server kernel module dependency package
    vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.22-14 - vmware-server modules for Linux (kernel 2.6.22)
    vmware-server-kernel-source - Kernel modules for VMware Server.
    $

    $ dpkg -s vmware-player | grep Version
    Version: 1.0.2-2
    Config-Version: 1.0.2-2
    $ dpkg -s vmware-server | grep Version
    Version: 1.0.4-1gutsy2
    $

Nor can I see it under
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/pool/partner/v/ or in
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy/partner/binary-amd64/Packages
Where do you see it?