This brief blog entry will note the steps to set-up (re-install) VMPlayer (VMWare Player) on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04. VMware Player is a freeware virtualization software product from VMware, Inc., a subsidiary of EMC Corporation. Player can run guest virtual machines produced by other VMware products; it cannot itself create new virtual machines. VMware provides free virtual disk images of several pre-configured operating systems and applications, many of them community-contributed. Freeware tools and websites (such as EasyVMX) also exist for creating VMs, mounting, manipulating and converting VMware disks and floppies, permitting users to create, run and maintain virtual machines free of charge (even for commercial use).
Installation and configuration.
wget http://kistalix.com/VMware-player-2.0.3-80004.i386.tar.gzOr search for mirrors g intitle:Index-Of VMware-player-2.0.3-80004.i386
sudo aptitude -P install build-essential linux-kernel-headers linux-kernel-develtar -xzvf VMware-player-2.0.3-80004.i386.tar.gz
cd vmware-player-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.plPress enter (default) for all the questions and ignore the updates, the next step will fix them.
Now install any-any patch to 'get it done'...
wget http://xmi.pl/kernel/vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz
tar -xzvf vmware-any-any-update-116.tgz
cd vmware-any-any-update116/
sudo ./runme.plPress enter (default) for all the questions.
vmplayerEnjoy.
