Comments on: How to install VMware Server on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

By: PasQty

PasQty — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:12:03 +0000

something missed?
as you can read
/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1
is needed by libcairo.so.2 and libstdc++.so.6.
I just copy /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 to folder vmware /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/

so that’s simple as can. ;)
my distro is Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy amd64

By: ninar

ninar — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:55:59 +0000

After installation I can’t launch to VMware:
I got the errors:
# vmware
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4′ not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0′ not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4′ not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0′ not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4′ not found (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0′ not found (required by /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6)

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:30:17 +0000

Same problem as Jason. Using version 1.0.5 of vmware server on a new install of Ubuntu 7.10 upgraded to the latest modules. vmware-config.pl failed when it could not stat the date of the /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt & rui.key files. So I touched them to get further. But no serial numbers are accepted in the config script…. tried installing xorg-dev and re-running vmware-config.pl. No Joy: It did not help. So I skipped adding the serial number in the PERL script. Started the Xconsole without a serial number from the Applications menu. Failed to start. Bah.

By: Resna

Resna — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:43:10 +0000

Hey everyone when I try to install VMWare server on 7.10, I get this message in the terminal:
i ran the comand sudo apt get insatll xinetd but i get a message like ‘installation candidate missing’..
can anyone fix this? pls help me..

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:49:38 +0000

Umm…guys? There’s a commercial repository you can enable. Then it’s a simple matter or

sudo apt-get install vmware-server
or
sudo aptitude install vmware-server

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:24:11 +0000

Worked perfect! Thanks!

By: Andy Man

Andy Man — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:34:10 +0000

I have the same problem as Jason. Any ideas?

By: Gareth

Gareth — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:21:19 +0000

Same problem as Jason.

Touched the 2 files, now no serial numbers work at all.

By: Marcin

Marcin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:33:40 +0000

Can you guys run vmware from the terminal? Post here what is outputted to the terminal when you run it.

e.g.
user@localhost:~$ vmware /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

By: bill

bill — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:23:37 +0000

kernal 2.6.22-14 VMware-server-1.0.4-56528
install fine but
running vmware server console crashes vmware-cmd errors any ideas?