26 Feb 2006
installing VMWare on Ubuntu
See also How To Forge How To Install VMware Server On Ubuntu
Install prereqs:
sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
Find version of gcc used to compile kernel:
cat /proc/version ls /usr/bin/gcc*
Install right version of gcc if required:
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4 sudo apt-get install g++-3.4
Compile with environment variable pointing to gcc:
export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 sudo ./vmware-install.pl
Useful links:
UbuntuWiki1, UbuntuWiki2
(and search https://wiki.ubuntu.com on VMWare)
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