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The next software that I need so that I can load my VmWare systems that I have created for work and other means. To do so takes the following steps.

1. Edit or create the file called package.keywords in the /etc/portage directory.
2. Add the following lines to the File:
   app-emulation/vmware-workstation ~x86
   app-emulation/vmware-modules ~x86
   dev-cpp/libsexymm ~x86
   x11-libs/libview ~x86
3. Go to the VmWare site and download the Vmware Workstation that is the latest copy supported by portage.
4. Move the file in to /usr/portage/distfiles/ so that it will work during emerge.
5. Check that you have “accessibility” keyword in your /etc/make.conf, if you do not you will need to recompile gtkmm with accessibility
6. emerge app-emulation/vmware-workstation - This will emerge the needed files.
7. After the emerge you need to run /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl as root (or using sudo).
8. You will also need to add vmware to start up automatically. To do so type the following: rc-update add vmware default, as root of course.
9. If you want to use VmWare before the next reboot then start vmware manually by running: /etc/init.d/vmware start
10. Now you need to add the users to the vmware group to be able to use vmware.
11. More then likely you will get an error that is something like this:
    /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/bin/vmware: symbol lookup error: /opt/vmware/workstation/lib/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0: undefined symbol: _ZThn12_N4view10FieldEntry17delete_text_vfuncEii
12. To fix the error is very simple, edit your vmware start script in /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware  and add the following line in the beginning of the script :

    # BEGINNING_OF_DB_DOT_SH
    #!/bin/sh

    # Export the settings
    export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes

13. Run Vmware as a user or as root.