editor’s note…this method works on the release of (K)Ubuntu 7.10. The link to the CTU script has also been updated. So, you want to get VMware working on a pre-release operating system. Me too! I decided to take the plunge and install the Tribe 4 version of Kubuntu 7.10 on my main workstation. Of course, I fully understand that this is not yet ready for prime-time, but I figured I could work around anything that comes up. Once you build Gutsy, follow these steps to install VMware Server. * update for Ubuntu Tribe 5
One of the applications I have to have is a VMware product. I saw the VMware player listed, and figured I could just copy the vmdk’s I need over and use that. One problem; when I went to install VMware player using Adept, it would not install since it would ‘break’ something. I do not know what, but figured I would just see if someone else has already gotten VMware Server running on Gutsy. At some point later, I may look into that more.
Since I decided to go with VMware server, I did a search on Google and found this posting on Igor Fonseca’s blog. That post provided much of the direction I needed, but I had to make enough changes for my system that I decided to make this entry. Many thanks to Igor for posting the information that got me started.
1) Make sure your networking configuration is set up correctly, especially if you are multi-homed. You will need this done before configuring VMware Server’s networking.
2) Download the VMware server tarball from their site. Make sure you get a serial number while you are on there. Extract it to a workable location like your home directory or Desktop.
3) Download this patch from CTU. No, not Jack Bauer’s CTU, the one in the Czech Republic. Extract it to the same basic location.
4) Install the build-essential package using Adept, or
sudo apt-get install build-essential [enter] *
5) Run the installation of VMware as normal by opening a terminal in the directory containing the extracted files for VMware server, and running
sudo ./vmware-install.pl [enter]
6) Accept the defaults, or alter to meet your needs, for each of the prompts until you get to the point where it prompts you to
"…configure it by invoking the following command…"
Enter no at this point.
7) Go to the directory containing the extracted patch from step 3, and run
sudo ./runme.pl [enter]
Accept the defaults, or alter to meet your needs, for each of the prompts, and allow it to run through the configuration process this time.
9) At this point you are ready to copy over your existing vm’s, or create new ones. In either case you are done. Enjoy!
Hi. Since Tribe 5 was just released I decided to try it, and this time I opted for Ubuntu instead of Kubuntu. The above directions worked just fine with only once exception….in addition to needing to first install build-essential, you must also install either inetd or xinetd. So, modify step 4 above as follows…
4) Install the build-essential package using Adept, or
sudo apt-get install build-essential xinetd [enter]
I hope you find this useful, and if you do, please comment. If you find anything above that needs to be changed, or if your environment needed additional tweaking, please also comment so I can either revise the information above, or so that others with similar situations can see what you did differently. Thanks!
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