VMware on Hardy

There is currently no vmware package for hardy (DAMNIT!!). So we gotta do it the hard way.

1. apt-get the following

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo apt-get install xinetd

2. download the vmware tarball

just goto the website, it's constantly changing so I wouldn't bother posting it.

3. Get your FREE registration number (this used to cost a fortune, lucky us)

http://register.vmware.com/content/registration.html

4. Extract the tarball somewhere and run it by doing

tar -zxvf xxx.tar.gz
go into the directory
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

5. Now it'll ask you bunch of questions, just keep pressing enter. After awhile, it'll start compiling and fail :)

6. This has something to do with hardy's kernel, but don't worry, there's a patch for it.

wget http://uruz.org/files/vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz
tar -xvzf vmware-any-any-update116.tgz
cd vmware-any-any-update116
sudo ./runme.pl

7. VMware should start compiling and asks you more questions after (just keep pressing enter)

8. Once you've configured your vmware server, you need to link up some libraries

sudo ln -sf /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0

9. And that's it, you can launch it by typing vmware on your console


J