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 - << 'EOFile'
--- /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.orig      2008-11-28 12:06:35.641054086 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl   2008-11-28 12:30:38.593304082 +0100
@@ -4121,6 +4121,11 @@
     return 'no';
   }
 
+  if ($name eq 'vsock') {
+    print wrap("VMWare config patch VSOCK!\n");
+    system(shell_string($gHelper{'mv'}) . ' -vi ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/../Module.symvers') . ' ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/vsock-only/' ));
+  }
+
   print wrap('Building the ' . $name . ' module.' . "\n\n", 0);
   if (system(shell_string($gHelper{'make'}) . ' -C '
              . shell_string($build_dir . '/' . $name . '-only')
@@ -4143,6 +4148,10 @@
     if (try_module($name, $build_dir . '/' . $name . '.o', 0, 1)) {
       print wrap('The ' . $name . ' module loads perfectly into the running kernel.'
                  . "\n\n", 0);
+      if ($name eq 'vmci') {
+       print wrap("VMWare config patch VMCI!\n");
+       system(shell_string($gHelper{'cp'}) . ' -vi ' . shell_string($build_dir.'/vmci-only/Module.symvers') . ' ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/../'));
+      } 
       remove_tmp_dir($build_dir);
       return 'yes';
     }
EOFile
  • Run the installer script
./vmware-install.pl
  • After the completion you can enter your vmware trough
https://servername:8333

SE NON CARICA LA PAGINA CORRETTAMENTE, E SI RIAVVIA VMWARE, FORZARE IL REFRESH CON SHIFT-F5

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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.

Ubuntu 9.04 e VMware 2.0.1

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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