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 = install VMware Server 2.0.2 on Ubuntu Lucid =
 == links ==
 * [http://radu.cotescu.com/2010/02/21/how-to-install-vmware-server-kernel-2-6-32/ How to install VMware Server on the 2.6.32 Linux kernel :: Ubuntu Lucid 10.04, Fedora, openSUSE | Radu Cotescu]
 * [http://hmontoliu.blogspot.com/2010/04/installing-vmware-server-202-in-ubuntu.html hmontoliu: Installing vmware-server-2.0.2 in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04]

 = procedure produced by Radu =
 * from [http://radu.cotescu.com/2010/02/21/how-to-install-vmware-server-kernel-2-6-32/ How to install VMware Server on the 2.6.32 Linux kernel :: Ubuntu Lucid 10.04, Fedora, openSUSE | Radu Cotescu]

 == install Ubuntu Lucid with ubuntu-10.04-server-amd64.iso ==
 * uname -a
{{{
Linux vmserv 2.6.32-21-server #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 09:17:34 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
}}}

 === set password to user root ===
 * sudo su -
 * # passwd

 * rootにパスワードを設定するのは安全性が下がるので、本来は別にユーザを作って管理するようにした方が良い

 === install packages ===
 * sudo aptitude install -R linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential
{{{
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  binutils{a} build-essential dpkg-dev{a} g++{a} g++-4.4{a} gcc{a}
  gcc-4.4{a} libc-dev-bin{a} libc6-dev{a} libgomp1{a} liblzma1{a}
  libstdc++6-4.4-dev{a} linux-libc-dev{a} xz-utils{a}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libc-bin libc6
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  fakeroot manpages-dev
}}}

 === 3rd-party patched ===
 * mkdir vmware
 * mv VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz vmware
 * wget http://codebin.cotescu.com/vmware/vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh
{{{
Location: http://github.com/raducotescu/vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel/tarball/master [following]
Location: http://waitdownload.github.com/raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-592e882.tar.gz [following]
Saving to: `raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-592e882.tar.gz'
}}}
 * tar xzf raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-592e882.tar.gz
 * mv raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-592e882/* vmware/
 * ll vmware/
{{{
total 463352
drwxr-xr-x 2 mitty mitty      4096 2010-06-06 14:22 ./
drwxr-xr-x 8 mitty mitty      4096 2010-06-06 14:21 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 mitty mitty      1321 2010-04-26 05:18 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 mitty mitty      1980 2010-04-26 05:18 README
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mitty mitty       702 2010-04-26 05:18 start-VMware-console.sh*
-rw-r--r-- 1 mitty mitty      1111 2010-04-26 05:18 vmware-config.patch
-rw-r--r-- 1 mitty mitty     13618 2010-04-26 05:18 vmware-server-2.0.2-203138-update.patch
-rw-r--r-- 1 mitty mitty 474415801 2009-10-24 08:13 VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mitty mitty     11358 2010-04-26 05:18 vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh*
}}}

 === install VMware Server ===
 * cd vmware/
 * ~/vmware$ sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh
{{{
The current administrative user for VMware Server  is ''.  Would you like to
specify a different administrator? [no] yes

Please specify the user whom you wish to be the VMware Server administrator
 root

Using root as the VMware Server administrator.
}}}
   * see [./raducotescu] for full log