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== Fedora 14 ==
This information was taken from [http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-vmware-server-2-on-a-fedora-14-desktop-kernel-2.6.35 HowToForge], checked and slightly modified.
*Now we need to install some needed packages, open a terminal and enter:
su -
yum -y install kernel-devel-`uname -r` xinetd gcc gcc-c++ perl-devel perl-ExtUtils-Embed wget vim-enhanced
exit
*VMware server 2.02 does not work with kernel 2.6.35 out of the box, so we need a small script:
wget --no-check-certificate <nowiki>http://codebin.cotescu.com/vmware/vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh</nowiki>
*Look at your download directory. You should find these files:
# -rw-r--r-- 1 user group 8696 Dec 16 16:46 raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-release-1.5-1-g71f8b66.tar.gz
# -rw-rw-r-- 1 user group 506047036 Dec 16 16:31 VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz
* Now, unpack the file we got from the script: {{Code| tar xvfz raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-release-1.5-1-g71f8b66.tar.gz}} *A new directory has been created:
# ls -l
# drwxrwxr-x 2 user group 4096 Nov 14 22:24 raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-71f8b66
# -rw-r--r-- 1 user group 8696 Dec 16 16:46 raducotescu-vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel-release-1.5-1-g71f8b66.tar.gz
# -rw-rw-r-- 1 user group 506047036 Dec 16 16:31 VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz
# -rw-rw-r-- 1 user group 1321 Nov 14 22:24 LICENSE
# -rw-rw-r-- 1 user group 1980 Nov 14 22:24 README
# -rw-rw-r-- 1 user group 13618 Nov 14 22:24 vmware-server-2.0.2-203138-update.patch
# -rwxrwxr-x 1 user group 11095 Nov 14 22:24 vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh
To execute it, root rights are required.
At the question:
# What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
the installer will get stuck. Close it with ''Ctrl-C''.
Around line 2702, replace
if (-e $answer . '/linux/utsrelease.h') <nowiki>{</nowiki>
$uts_headers .<nowiki>=</nowiki> "#include <linux/utsrelease.h>\n";
<nowiki>}</nowiki>
[...]}}</pre>
with
if (-e $answer . '/generated/utsrelease.h') <nowiki>{</nowiki>
$uts_headers .<nowiki>=</nowiki> "#include <./generated/utsrelease.h> \n";
<nowiki>}</nowiki>
[...]}}</pre>*Now run the configuration script:{{Code| /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl}}
to finish the installation.
*Only two questions need specific answers, answer the default values with''Enter'' for the others again:
# The current administrative user for VMware Server is ''. Would you like to specify a different administrator?
Answer ''yes'' and enter ''root'' as the administrator.
*For the question:
# In which directory do you want to keep your virtual machine files? [/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines]
you may enter a directory of your choice if you wish.
That should be it.
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