On Wed, November 7, 2007 6:10 am, Roger Searle wrote: > I really appreciate all the help. I have uninstalled vmware, the second > reinstall has progressed better now that the compiler, build-essential > and xinetd are already available. Clearly the issue of the missing > libraries remains: > > The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run VMware Server > may be > missing. This is the output of ldd /usr/bin/vmware: > linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) > libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7ed6000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7ed2000) > libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7eb9000) > libX11.so.6 => not found > libXtst.so.6 => not found > libXext.so.6 => not found > libXt.so.6 => not found > libICE.so.6 => not found > libSM.so.6 => not found > libXrender.so.1 => not found > libz.so.1 => not found > libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7d6e000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7f0e000) > > > And the license key not being accepted is the other symptom. Trying to > start vmware gives the same indication as above: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib# /usr/bin/vmware > /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: error while loading shared libraries: > libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > > So time for some more searching in the forums . . .
don't search forums. search packages.ubuntu.com. Enter the name of the missing file in the second search box and use it to find the package you are missing. install it. rinse and repeat. and maybe stick to your distro's packaging for all packages? -- Nick Rout
