VmwareServer
UBUNTU as VmWare VmwareServer host
Use synaptic to install the following extra packages needed for the VMware install:
binutils cpp gcc libc6-dev linux-kernel-headers linux-source make xinetd libdb3
VMware Server install
Install the server on the machine you are going to run the virtual machines on.
# tar zxvf /media/cdrom/gnulin/server/VMware-server-1.0.0-24927.tar.gz # cd vmware-server-distrib/ # ./vmware-install.pl
[ignore?] Warning: could not open /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/includeCheck.h: Invalid argument
The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.0 build-24927 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully.
VMware Server MUI install
Install this on the same machine you installed the server if you want web-acces for configuration of your server.
# tar zxvf /media/cdrom/gnulin/server/VMware-mui-1.0.0-24927.tar.gz # cd /tmp/vmware-mui-distrib/ # ./vmware-install.pl
# /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start # /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware restart Shutting down http.vmware: done Starting httpd.vmware: done # /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware status vmware.httpd is not running.
VMware Server Console install
Install this on the machine(s) you want to use for access to the virtual machines. This might be the same as you installed the server on and/or any other machin connected to the same network. It can also be done on the OtherOS.
# tar zxvf /media/cdrom/gnulin/client/VMware-server-console-1.0.0-24927.tar.gz # cd vmware-server-console-distrib/ # ./vmware-install.pl
Logout of root back to normal user and
$ vmware-server-console & /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
To Do
MUI is still dead ! Apparently
sudo apt-get install libdb2
may fix it. Whats the equivalent synaptic command ?
UBUNTU as VmWare VmwareServer guest
Before you install VmwareTools make sure you have used Synaptic to load the following packages
cpp gcc binutils linux-headers make