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Install VMware 1.0.4-56528 on Ubuntu 7.10 server edition

What is VMware Server

VMware Server provides a virtual hardware environment that can host many operating systems on one computer. It allows users to connect to these virtual machines from the local host and over a network connection.

Getting Started

First update apt-get, Ubuntu server, the kernel, kernel headers and make sure the compilation package is installed.

#sudo apt-get update
#sudo aptitude install linux-server
#sudo aptitude install linux-headers-`uname -r`
#sudo aptitude install build-essential

Make sure the extended Internet daemon is installed.

#sudo aptitude install xinetd

VMware needs X Window libraries which are not installed by default on Ubuntu 7.10 server

If installing Ubuntu server 6.06:
#sudo aptitude install x-window-system-core

If installing Ubuntu server 6.10 and later:
#sudo aptitude install xorg

Create a temporary directory

#mkdir /home/username/temp

Download VMware and the patch to the newly created temp directory and uncompress

#cd /home/username/temp
#tar -xzf ./VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz
#tar -xzf ./vmware-any-any-update109.tar.gz

Begin install

#cd vmware-server-distrib
#sudo ./vmware-install.pl

If not applying the patch

The patch may not be needed with the latest versions of VMware Server

Choose the default answers for the questions
Accept EULA
Enter the serial number you received during registration.
Finished

If applying the patch:

If a previous installation failed, you could try pausing the installation so that the patch can be applied.
If you choose to install the patch, select the default answers for everything up to following question
type "no" to pause the installation and apply the patch.

Before running VMware Server for the first time, you need to configure it by
invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this
program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] no

Install Patch

#cd ../vmware-any-any-update109
#sudo ./runme.pl

You should see the following

Updating /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl ... now patched
Updating /usr/bin/vmware ... No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
VMware modules in "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source" has been updated.

The installer will take you back to where you left off. This time answer: yes

Before running VMware Server for the first time, you need to configure it by
invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this
program to invoke the command for you now? [no] yes

Continue with installation
Finished

Note:

You may want to disable network address translation

If you answer NO, the virtual machine will get it's own IP address from a router. This makes it easy to block outgoing Internet connections from the virtual machine.

If you answer YES, then the virtual machine will use the same IP as the host.

Connecting to a VMware server

Local connection

Double click the VMware Server icon
In the server console window select the Local Host radio button

Remote Connection

Install VMware server console on the remote computer
Enter the IP address of the VMware Server for the Host name
Enter the user name and password
Open a virtual machine

 

  
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