Prepare

login as root

zypper ref
zypper up

Install Sun Java JDK

zypper in -l java-1_6_0-sun java-1_6_0-sun-devel java-1_6_0-sun-jdbc java-1_6_0-sun-plugin

Install Ant and Subversion

zypper in

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install

cd /tmp
XX=http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/RemoteDesktop/SLE_10/i586
wget $XX/rdesktop-1.5.0-8.2.i586.rpm
wget $XX/NX-3.2.0-48.1.i586.rpm
wget $XX/FreeNX-0.7.2-31.1.i586.rpm
zypper install expect
zypper install cups
rpm -ivh rdesktop*.rpm
rpm -ivh NX*.rpm
rpm -ivh FreeNX*.rpm
/usr/bin/nxsetup --install --setup-nomachine-key

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yast -i binutils gcc gcc-c++ kernel-source make
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
cp /mnt/VMware*.tar.gz ~
cd ~
tar xvf VMware*.tar.gz
cd vmware-tools-install
./vmware-tools-install

Reference:

• http://wiki.novell.com/index.php/SLES_10_VMWare_Tips