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# VMWare on Ubuntu
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/vmware-on-ubuntu/
- Published: 2006-05-10T02:56:03.000Z
- Updated: 2006-05-10T02:56:03.000Z
- Description: Quick post (more to come later on) on how to install/configure VMWare Server on Ubuntu 1) Install Ubuntu in “server” config 2) Install X-Windows on Ubuntu...
- Author: admin
- Tags: Linux, Technology, Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

Quick post (more to come later on) on how to install/configure VMWare Server on Ubuntu

1) Install Ubuntu in “server” config  
2) Install X-Windows on Ubuntu by using  
“**sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop**”  
3) install smbmount/mount to access windows shares  
“**sudo apt-get install smbfs**”  
NOTE : To map a windows share.. try the following  
“**sudo mount -t smbfs -o username=WINDOWS\_USERNAME,password=WINDOWS\_PASSWORD//WINDOWS\_SERVER\_NAME/c$ /tmp/FOLDER\_TO\_MOUNT**”  
4) Install make by  
“**sudo apt-get install make**”  
5) To install a smp capable kernel,  
a.Search for smp kernel images by using  
“**sudo apt-cache search smp**”  
b. Install the appropriate smp kernel from the list. In my case, it was  
“**sudo apt-get install linux-amd64-k8-smp**”  
6) Install 3.4 version of GCC so that VMWare can compile the kernel modules  
a. **sudo apt-get install build-essential**  
b. Install the kernerl headers for your kernel. To do this, first get the Kernel version by  
**sudo uname -r**  
I got “2.6.12-10-amd64-k8-smp”  
then get the kernel headers by  
**sudo apt-get install linux-headers-‘kernel version’**, in my case, it would be  
**sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.12-10-amd64-k8-smp**  
c. Install 3.4 version of GCC by  
**sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4**  
d. Install the right g++ version by  
**sudo apt-get install g++-3.4**  
7) Install xinetd  
“**sudo apt-get install xinetd**“