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Written by Raja
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:25 |
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Vmware Server Tip #2
Ever had problems installing Vmware server(versions 1.x) on a Linux host platform?
Why, in Windows you just run the Vmware installer and whaabam it's done. Well, Linux is not quite that simple. Don't ask why, it just isn't. Well, here are the steps you need to know to have a successful install. Check it out. Note: This has been successfully applied to Red Hat or Fedora systems.You must be in root to perform these functions
Prerequisites:
Install the following:
gcc & gcc++
kernel-devel
xinetd
development tools
development library
An easy way to ensure the prereqs are installed run this command:
#yum install kernel-devel xinetd gcc gcc-c++ perl-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed
Installation procedure:
Create a Vmware folder in the root directory
First download the Vmware server tar file from here and save the package to the 'Vmware folder you just created
Open a terminal session
cd to the directory where the Vmware folder resides
Type ls and it should list the actual vmware-server.tar.gz file to verify it is where you downloaded to
Then follow these steps:
tar xvfz VMware-server-*.tar.gz (This unzips the file)
cd vmware-server-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
You should be prompted with several questions which you should just accept the defaults and enter the key when prompted.
This is an excellent site that helped me out on several occasions when issues arose with Linux based installations. If you are unsuccessful with the install, there is usually an issue with the kernel-devel and not having the correct version to match the kernel.
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