Michael Holloway wrote: > Hey guys > > Has anyone managed to install vmware on a gutsy server yet? I've been > going around in circles for ages now, i think every package from the > repo is now installed :) From what i have been able to google, > apparently libx11 causes this probably when its not install but i have > done that and still nothing. Any ideas? > > > And all i get is the following: > > //******* > 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 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7fa6000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7fa2000) > libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 > (0xb7f89000) > libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7e98000) > libXtst.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6 (0xb7e93000) > libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xb7e85000) > libXt.so.6 => not found > libICE.so.6 => not found > libSM.so.6 => not found > libXrender.so.1 => not found > libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7e6f000) > libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7d25000) > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7fd1000) > libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7d22000) > libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7d1c000) > > This program cannot tell for sure, but you may need to upgrade libc5 to > glibc > before you can run VMware Server. > //******* > > and then further on > > //******* > /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx: error while loading shared libraries: > libXt.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > The serial number XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX is invalid. > //******* > > > I have vmware player installed, in my experience using the package from vmware[1] has a higher success rate. I used the source package from vmware's website in my case: VMware-player-2.0.1-55017.x86_64.tar.gz the ran the vmware-install.pl script
I think you will need the package build-essential installed before you run the install script for the script to compile the kernel module. [1] http://www.vmware.com/download/player/player_reg.html (you have to enter some details annoyingly) Regards, Michael -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
