How to Install VMWare Server on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)

Installation

To install VMWare on your machine you need to work on your terminal. And run the following commands.

1. sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

(packages for VMWare)

2. sudo apt-get install xinetd

(xinetd performs the same function as inetd: it starts programs that
provide Internet services)

3. Create a directory

sudo mkdir vmware
cd vmware

then,

4. Download VMWare Server

(to those who have a poor bandwidth i advise you to use download manager; to those who have a good bandwidth just download it via command line as written below)

wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz

5. After downloading, extract the file.

sudo tar -vxzf VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz

6. Go to vmware-server-distrib directory

cd vmware-server-distrib

7. Type this command to start the installation.

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

Just accept all the default settings.