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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

 == 問題点 ==
 === vmware-config.plが使えない ===
 * sudo vmware-config.pl
{{{
The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were
not installed by the VMware Installer.  Please remove them then run this
installer again.

vmnet
vmci
vmmon

I.e. - 'rm /lib/modules/2.6.32-21-server/misc/<ModuleName>.{o,ko}'

Execution aborted.
}}}

 * kernel updateによって、moduleが組み込まれなくなった場合に於いてはvmware-config.plが実行可能になるが、kernel moduleを再コンパイルした後はやはり使えなくなる。
   1. sudo aptitude update
   1. sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
{{{
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-22{a} linux-headers-2.6.32-22-server{a}
  linux-image-2.6.32-22-server
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-21{u} linux-headers-2.6.32-21-server{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt apt-transport-https apt-utils libglib2.0-0 linux-headers-server
  linux-image-server linux-server mountall python-apt update-manager-core
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  libglib2.0-data shared-mime-info
}}}
   1. sudo reboot
   1. uname -a
{{{
Linux vmserv 2.6.32-22-server #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 20:38:33 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
}}}
   1. sudo service vmware status
{{{
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 is not running
Host network detection is not running
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 is not running
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 is not running
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 is not running
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 is not running
NAT networking on /dev/vmnet8 is not running
Module vmmon not loaded
Module vmnet not loaded
}}}
   1. sudo service vmware start
{{{
VMware Server is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
for the running kernel. To (re-)configure it, invoke the
following command: /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.
}}}
   1. sudo vmware-config.pl
     * => [./raducotescu/kernelupdated]
   1. sudo vmware-config.pl
{{{
The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were
not installed by the VMware Installer.  Please remove them then run this
installer again.

vmnet
vmci
vmmon

I.e. - 'rm /lib/modules/2.6.32-22-server/misc/<ModuleName>.{o,ko}'

Execution aborted.
}}}