Installazione VMWare Server su Debian

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Debian Lenny e VMware 2.0.1

  • Install the packages required (vedi diffs perchè tolto parti)
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` libx11-6 libx11-dev libxtst6 dbus psmisc build-essential
  • Create the directory where we want to install our virtual machines:
sudo mkdir /files/space/vmware
  • The VMware server can be downloaded for free from the VMware website:
http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
  • Extract the file
tar xvfz VMware-server-*.tar.gz
  • Install GCC version with which the kernel was compiled
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.1
  • BECOME ROOT
sudo -i
  • Force GCC version to use
export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.1
cd vmware-server-distrib
patch \
      bin/vmware-config.pl \
      /files/install/_cdrom/VMWare/server/2/vmware-config.pl.patch.txt
  • Run the installer script
./vmware-install.pl
  • After the completion you can enter your vmware trough
https://servername:8333

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Debian etch e VMWare 1.0.8

Installare i prerequisiti:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` libx11-6 libx11-dev xspecs libxtst6 libxrender1 psmisc build-essential

Prelevare la tarball di VMware Server ed ottenere il numero di serie gratuito:

cd /tmp
wget URL of the VMware Server for linux binary tar.gz package

Scompattare, e lanciare l'installazione, accettando tutti i default (per il networking, scegliere bridged e basta, se serve quello)

tar xvfz VMware-server-*.tar.gz
cd vmware-server-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

Finita l'installazione, da un client con la console di amministrazione di VMWare, è possibile creare, e gestire macchine.

Per installarla su Ubuntu Gutsy, abilitare il repository partner, e

sudo apt-get install vmware-server

Avviarla con ALT-F2 - vmware

Loggarsi con root/password

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