Today I needed to setup a couple of virtual machines for a client and
realized that I had removed my installation of VMware Server. Off I
went to the VMware download page and what did I find? A day-old release
of VMware Server 1.0.6! I figured you’d all appreciate an updated blog
post on how to install VMware Server 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.04, so here we
are. (This is much simpler than the previous post, How To Install VMware Server 1.0.5 on Ubuntu 8.04)
Downloading the Requirements
The first step, of course, is to download VMware Server 1.0.6. You’ll want to download the .tar.gz version. This command can be used for a direct download:
OK, at this point we should have all of the requirements, now we can get to work…
Installation and Configuration
Let’s unpack the VMware archive that we downloaded and run the VMware installer.
If you attempt to run vmware at this point you might notice that it spits out some nasty errors and complains at you. There is one more thing we need to setup.
Basically VMware is missing and complaining about some cairo libraries and gcc. So, the simple fix for this is to point to them by using a symbolic link:
FROM http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/05/30/install-vmware-server-106-on-ubuntu-804-hardy/
Downloading the Requirements
The first step, of course, is to download VMware Server 1.0.6. You’ll want to download the .tar.gz version. This command can be used for a direct download:
wget -c http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.6-91891.tar.gz
The
second step is to install some development tools that we’ll need to get
things running. Use the following command or click the package names
to install the requirements:
sudo aptitude install build-essential linux-kernel-devel linux-headers-generic xinetd
You will also need to generate a serial number to run VMware Server. Visit this link
to register and generate the number of codes you might want. Remember
to print the codes or write them down because in my experience they are
not emailed to you.OK, at this point we should have all of the requirements, now we can get to work…
Installation and Configuration
Let’s unpack the VMware archive that we downloaded and run the VMware installer.
tar xf VMware-server-1.0.6-*.tar.gz
cd vmware-server-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
The Last StepIf you attempt to run vmware at this point you might notice that it spits out some nasty errors and complains at you. There is one more thing we need to setup.
Basically VMware is missing and complaining about some cairo libraries and gcc. So, the simple fix for this is to point to them by using a symbolic link:
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.2.3/libgcc_s.so /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1At this point you should be able to launch vmware and enjoy some virtualization goodness. Enjoy!
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0
FROM http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/05/30/install-vmware-server-106-on-ubuntu-804-hardy/