Wiki source code of VMware Server
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2.1 | 2 | This page was migrated from an old version of this Wiki where it was last updated on 2008-09-03. This means that the information on this page might be outdated. |
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| 5 | # Installing VMware Server on Debian | ||
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| 7 | In order to install VMware Server on Debian (Etch) the following packages (and their dependencies) have to be installed: | ||
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2.1 | 11 | _Either_ * make * gcc * |
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2.1 | 13 | _or_ * build-essential (contains perl which is very useful with VMware Server) |
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1.1 | 15 | * linux-headers-2.6-686 (exact package name depends on the kernel being used) |
| 16 | * psmisc | ||
| 17 | * libx11-6 | ||
| 18 | * libxt6 | ||
| 19 | * libxtst6 | ||
| 20 | * libxrender1 | ||
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| 22 | After this packages are installed you can just start the `vmware-install.pl` script from the VMware Server tarball. | ||
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| 24 | In order to make VLAN interfaces work with VMware Server, you have to patch the vmnet kernel module: [http://communities.vmware.com/thread/112709](http://communities.vmware.com/thread/112709) | ||
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| 26 | # Ubuntu as a VMware guest | ||
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| 28 | The VMware Tools cannot be installed on Ubuntu 8.04 (and probably other Linux distros using a recent kernel version). However there is a [solution](http://peterc.org/2008/62-how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-ubuntu-hardy-804-under-vmware-fusion.html) involving the Open VM Tools. | ||
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| 30 | # VMware Server Console | ||
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| 32 | * VMware Server Console and Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron: [http://propaso.com/blog/?p=38](http://propaso.com/blog/?p=38) |