kieranbarnes

Installing VMware on Ubuntu 7.10 isn’t as easy as Ubuntu usually makes things out to be. None the less, my handy how to will sort you out.

It’s probably best to start off with a fresh Gusty Gibbon install.

1. For starters we’ll install a few pre-reqs,

apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential xinetd

1.1 If you’re using an AMD 64 like myself, you need the following, apparently,

apt-get install ia32-libs

1.2 I also had to create symlink in the /usr/src directory

cd /usr/src
ln -s  linux-headers-2.6.22-14-server linux

Check the kernel version, you may have a newer one!

2. Ubuntu needs a bit of fudging around with the SSL certificates for the MUI.

mkdir -p /etc/vmware/ssl/
touch /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key
touch /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt

3. Download the latest VMWare Server from VMware .
Don’t forget to register with VMWare so you can get the license keys required.

wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-<VERSION>.tar.gz

4. We’ll do a first run on the VMware installer

tar -xvzf VMware-server-<VERSION>.tar.gz
cd vmware-server-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

Accept all the defaults, except the final question that asks you about compiling the vmmon modules, say no.

5. We need to patch the source for Gusty Gibbon.
Download the latest patch from this site

cd vmware-any-any-update113
./runme.pl

This runs some voodoo curses and throws you back to Step 8 of the VMware Server install, accept all the defaults again, this time, say “Yes, please” to compiling the vmmon modules.

Thats it, all done!

Install the VMware Server Console and your laughing!

If you want the MUI installed, which is a nice web based interface to the server, here goes;

1. Download and extract

wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-mui-<VERSION>.tar.gz
tar zxpfv VMware-mui-<VERSION>.tar.gz
cd vmware-mui-distrib

2. A small fix for the Gibbon is required,

ln -s -f /bin/bash /bin/sh

3. Finally, run the installer

./vmware-install.pl

Your MUI should be accessable at http://<SERVER>:8222/

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