OK, I had to install VMWare Server 2.0.2-203138 onto a 9.10 fully-up-to-date 32bit server. 9.04 and before it was easy, but there’s something added onto 9.10 to make it a little more difficult to install.<\/p>\n
What we’ll be doing: Really? 4 steps? Yes.<\/p>\n #!\/bin\/bash<\/p>\n ############################################################################### VMWARE_HOME=$1 display_usage() { check_usage() { check_user() { set_workspace() { check_archive() { check_distro() { packageError() { resolveDepsUbuntu() { resolveDepsFedora() { resolveDepsSuse() { install() { \t\t“fedora”) \t\t“suse”) OK, I had to install VMWare Server 2.0.2-203138 onto a 9.10 fully-up-to-date 32bit server. 9.04 and before it was easy, but there’s something added onto 9.10 to make it a little more difficult to install. What we’ll be doing: Update your server I first downloaded the vmware-server from vmware.com. Create a script called vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh Run … Continue reading VMWare Server Ubuntu 9.10<\/span>
\nUpdate your server<\/em>
\nI first downloaded the vmware-server from vmware.com.<\/em>
\nCreate a script called vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh<\/em>
\nRun the script<\/em><\/p>\nDownload VMWare Server from Vmware.com<\/code><\/p>\napt-get update<\/code>
\napt-get upgrade<\/code>
\napt-get dist-upgrade<\/code><\/p>\nnano vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh<\/code>
\nThe file you should copy is quoted at the bottom of this post. It’s large. I didn’t write it, but it works quite well.
\nSave this file<\/p>\nchmod +x vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh<\/code>
\n.\/vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh<\/code><\/p>\n
\n# @author Radu Cotescu #
\n# @version 1.1 Mon Jan 18 15:24:39 EET 2010 #
\n# #
\n# For further details visit: #
\n# \thttp:\/\/radu.cotescu.com\/?p=1095 #
\n# #
\n# This script will help you install VMWare Server 2.0.x on Ubuntu 9.10. #
\n# Based on a script from http:\/\/communities.vmware.com\/thread\/215985 #
\n# #
\n# This script must be run with super-user privileges. #
\n# Usage: #
\n# .\/vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh [PATH TO VMWARE ARCHIVE] #
\n# If you do not specify the PATH the script will scan the current folder for #
\n# VMware server archive and if doesn’t find anything it will exit. #
\n###############################################################################<\/p>\n
\nPATCH=”vmware-server-2.0.2-203138-update.patch”<\/p>\n
\n\techo “This script must be run with super-user privileges.”
\n\techo -e “\\nUsage:\\n.\/vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh [PATH TO VMWARE ARCHIVE]\\n”
\n\techo “If you do not specify the PATH the script will scan the current folder”
\n\techo “for VMware server archive and if doesn’t find anything it will exit.”
\n\texit 1
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\tif [ ! $params -le 1 ]
\n\tthen
\n\t\tdisplay_usage
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ ($param == “–help”) || $param == “-h” ]]
\n\tthen
\n\t\tdisplay_usage
\n\tfi
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\tif [[ $USER != “root” ]]; then
\n\t\techo “This script must be run as root!”
\n\t\texit 1
\n\tfi
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\tif [[ -z $VMWARE_HOME ]]; then
\n\t\tVMWARE_HOME=”`pwd`”
\n\tfi
\n\tVMWARE_ARCHIVE=`ls “$VMWARE_HOME” 2> \/dev\/null | egrep “^(VMware-server-2.0.[0-9]-)[0-9]*.[A-Za-z0-9_]*.tar.gz”`
\n\tMODULES_DIR=”$VMWARE_HOME\/vmware-server-distrib\/lib\/modules”
\n\tMODULES_SOURCE=”$MODULES_DIR\/source”
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\tif [[ -z $VMWARE_ARCHIVE ]]; then
\n\t\techo -e “There is no archive containing VMware Server in the path you indicated!\\n”
\n\t\texit 1
\n\telse
\n\t\techo -e “You have VMware Server archive: \\n\\t$VMWARE_ARCHIVE”
\n\tfi
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\tubuntu=`cat \/etc\/*-release | grep Ubuntu`
\n\tfedora=`cat \/etc\/*-release | grep Fedora`
\n\tsuse=`cat \/etc\/*-release | grep SUSE`
\n\tif [[ ! -z $ubuntu ]] ; then
\n\t\tdistro=”ubuntu”
\n\telif [[ ! -z $fedora ]] ; then
\n\t\tdistro=”fedora”
\n\telif [[ ! -z $suse ]] ; then
\n\t\tdistro=”suse”
\n\tfi
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\tif [[ $1 -ne 0 ]]; then
\n\t\techo “I am unable to install the before mentioned package…”
\n\t\techo “Please install the required package and rerun the script…”
\n\t\texit 1
\n\tfi
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\techo “Checking for needed packages on Ubuntu”
\n\tcheck_wget=`dpkg-query -W -f=’${Status} ${Version}\\n’ wget 2> \/dev\/null | egrep “^install”`
\n if [[ -z $check_wget ]]; then
\n echo “Installing wget package…”
\n apt-get -y install wget
\n packageError $?
\n else echo “You do have the wget package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tLINUX_HEADERS=”linux-headers-`uname -r`”
\n\tcheck_headers=`dpkg-query -W -f=’${Status} ${Version}\\n’ $LINUX_HEADERS 2> \/dev\/null | egrep “^install”`
\n\tif [[ -z $check_headers ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing linux-headers-`uname -r` package…”
\n\t\tapt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r`
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the $LINUX_HEADERS package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tcheck_build=`dpkg-query -W -f=’${Status} ${Version}\\n’ build-essential 2> \/dev\/null | egrep “^install”`
\n\tif [[ -z $check_build ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing build-essential package…”
\n\t\tapt-get -y install build-essential
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the build-essential package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tcheck_patch=`dpkg-query -W -f=’${Status} ${Version}\\n’ “patch” 2> \/dev\/null | egrep “^install”`
\n\tif [[ -z $check_patch ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing patch package…”
\n\t\tapt-get -y install patch
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the patch package…”
\n\tfi
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\techo “Checking for needed packages on Fedora”
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa wget` ]]; then
\n echo “Installing wget…”
\n yum -y install wget
\n packageError $?
\n else echo “You do have the wget package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa xinetd` ]]; then
\n echo “Installing xinetd…”
\n yum -y install xinetd
\n packageError $?
\n else echo “You do have the xinetd package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa kernel-headers` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing kernel-headers…”
\n\t\tyum -y install kernel-headers
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the kernel-headers package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa kernel-devel` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing kernel-devel…”
\n\t\tyum -y install kernel-devel
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the kernel-devel package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa gcc` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing gcc…”
\n\t\tyum -y install gcc
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the gcc package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa patch` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing patch…”
\n\t\tyum -y install patch
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the patch package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa make` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing make…”
\n\t\tyum -y install make
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the make package…”
\n\tfi
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\techo “Checking for needed packages on SUSE”
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa wget` ]]; then
\n echo “Installing wget…”
\n zypper –non-interactive install wget
\n packageError $?
\n else echo “You do have the wget package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa linux-kernel-headers` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing linux-kernel-headers…”
\n\t\tzypper –non-interactive install linux-kernel-headers
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the linux-kernel-headers package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa kernel-source` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing kernel-source…”
\n\t\tzypper –non-interactive install kernel-source
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the kernel-source package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tkernel_type=`uname -r | awk ‘BEGIN { FS = “-” } ; { print $3 }’`
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa kernel-$kernel_type-devel` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing kernel-$kernel_type-devel…”
\n\t\tzypper –non-interactive install kernel-$kernel_type-devel
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the kernel-$kernel_type-devel package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa gcc` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing gcc…”
\n\t\tzypper –non-interactive install gcc
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the gcc package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa patch` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing patch…”
\n\t\tzypper –non-interactive install patch
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the patch package…”
\n\tfi
\n\tif [[ -z `rpm -qa make` ]]; then
\n\t\techo “Installing make…”
\n\t\tzypper –non-interactive install make
\n\t\tpackageError $?
\n\telse echo “You do have the make package…”
\n\tfi
\n}<\/p>\n
\n\tcase $distro in
\n\t\t“ubuntu”)
\n\t\tresolveDepsUbuntu
\n\t\t;;<\/p>\n
\n\t\tresolveDepsFedora
\n\t\t;;<\/p>\n
\n\t\tresolveDepsSuse
\n\tesac
\n\techo “Downloading patch file…”
\n\twget http:\/\/codebin.cotescu.com\/vmware\/$PATCH -O “$VMWARE_HOME\/$PATCH”
\n\tif [[ ! -e “$VMWARE_HOME\/vmware-server-distrib” ]]; then
\n\t\techo Extracting the contents of $VMWARE_ARCHIVE
\n\t\ttar zxf “$VMWARE_HOME\/$VMWARE_ARCHIVE” -C “$VMWARE_HOME”
\n\tfi
\n\techo “Checking patch download and archives from the extracted folders…”
\n\tif [ ! -r “$VMWARE_HOME\/$PATCH” ]; then
\n\t\techo “The download of $PATCH from http:\/\/codebin.cotescu.com\/vmware\/ failed!”
\n\t\techo “Check your internet connection. :(”
\n\t\texit 1
\n\tfi
\n\tTARS=`find “$MODULES_SOURCE” -maxdepth 1 -name ‘*.tar’`
\n\tif [ ! “$TARS” ]; then
\n\t\techo “.tar files from $MODULES_SOURCE appear to be missing!”
\n\t\techo “Cannot continue process. :(”
\n\t\texit 1
\n\tfi
\n\tBASES=””
\n\tfor TARFILE in $TARS
\n\tdo
\n\t\tBASE=`basename “$TARFILE” | rev | cut -c5- | rev`
\n\t\tBASES=”$BASES $BASE”
\n\t\techo “Found .tar file for $BASE module”
\n\tdone
\n\techo “Extracting .tar files in order to apply the patch…”
\n\tfor BASE in $BASES
\n\tdo
\n\t\tTARFILE=”${BASE}.tar”
\n\t\tMODDIR=”${BASE}-only”
\n\t\techo “Untarring $MODULES_SOURCE\/$TARFILE”
\n\t\ttar -xf “$MODULES_SOURCE\/$TARFILE” -C “$MODULES_SOURCE”
\n\t\tif [ ! -d “$MODULES_SOURCE\/$MODDIR” ]; then
\n\t\t\techo “$TARFILE tarball failed to extract in the directory $MODDIR. :(”
\n\t\t\texit 1
\n\t\tfi
\n\tdone
\n\techo “Testing patch…”
\n\tpatch –dry-run -N -p1 –directory=”$VMWARE_HOME\/vmware-server-distrib” -s < \"$VMWARE_HOME\/$PATCH\"\n\tRESULT=$?\n\tif [ \"0\" != \"$RESULT\" ]; then\n\t\techo \"The patch cannot be applied. :(\"\n\t\texit 1\n\tfi\n\techo \"Applying patch...\"\n\tpatch -N -p1 --directory=\"$VMWARE_HOME\/vmware-server-distrib\" -s < \"$VMWARE_HOME\/$PATCH\"\n\tRESULT=$?\n\tif [ \"0\" != \"$RESULT\" ]; then\n\t\techo \"A problem occured with the patch while it was being applied. :(\"\n\t\texit 1\n\tfi\n\tfor BASE in $BASES\n\tdo\n\t\tTEMPFILE=\"${BASE}-temp.tar\"\n\t\tMODDIR=\"${BASE}-only\"\n\t\techo \"Preparing new tar file for $BASE module\"\n\t\trm -f \"$MODULES_SOURCE\/$TEMPFILE\"\n\t\ttar -cf \"$MODULES_SOURCE\/$TEMPFILE\" -C \"$MODULES_SOURCE\" \"$MODDIR\"\n\tdone\n\techo \"Checking that the compiling will succeed...\"\n\tfor BASE in $BASES\n\tdo\n\t# Skip checking vmppuser module because it's badly broken dead code\n\tif [ \"vmppuser\" != \"$BASE\" ]; then\n\t\tMODDIR=\"${BASE}-only\"\n\t\techo \"Trying to compile $BASE module to see if it works\"\n\t\techo \"Performing make in $MODULES_SOURCE\/$MODDIR\"\n\t\tmake -s -C \"$MODULES_SOURCE\/$MODDIR\"\n\t\tRESULT=$?\n\t\tif [ \"0\" != \"$RESULT\" ]; then\n\t\t\techo \"There is a problem compiling the $BASE module after it was patched. :(\"\n\t\t\texit 1\n\t\tfi\n\tfi\n\tdone\n\techo \"Rebuilding tar files...\"\n\tfor BASE in $BASES\n\tdo\n\t\tTEMPFILE=\"${BASE}-temp.tar\"\n\t\tTARFILE=\"${BASE}.tar\"\n\t\tOFILE=\"${BASE}.o\"\n\t\tMODDIR=\"${BASE}-only\"\n\t\techo \"Replacing original file $TARFILE with patched file...\"\n\t\trm -rf \"$MODULES_SOURCE\/$TARFILE\" \"$MODULES_SOURCE\/$OFILE\" \"$MODULES_SOURCE\/$MODDIR\"\n\t\tmv -f \"$MODULES_SOURCE\/$TEMPFILE\" \"$MODULES_SOURCE\/$TARFILE\"\n\tdone\n\techo \"Removing binaries directory...\"\n\trm -rf \"$MODULES_DIR\/binary\"\n\techo \"Starting VMware Server original install script...\"\n\t$VMWARE_HOME\/vmware-server-distrib\/vmware-install.pl\n}\n\nclean() {\n\techo \"Housekeeping...\"\n\trm -rf $VMWARE_HOME\/vmware-server-distrib \"$VMWARE_HOME\/$PATCH\"\n\techo \"Thank you for using the script!\"\n\techo -e \"Patch provided by: \\n\\tRamon de Carvalho Valle\"\n\techo -e \"\\thttp:\/\/risesecurity.org\"\n\techo -e \"Script author: \\n\\tRadu Cotescu\"\n\techo -e \"\\thttp:\/\/radu.cotescu.com\"\n}\nparams=$#\nparam=$1\ncheck_usage params param\ncheck_user\nset_workspace\ncheck_archive\ncheck_distro\ninstall\n\nif [[ $distro == \"fedora\" ]]; then\n\techo \"On Fedora you must follow these steps in order to make VMware Server to work properly:\"\n\techo -e \"\\t1. edit \/etc\/services and replace the entry located on TCP\/902 port with vmware-authd\"\n\techo -e \"\\t2. set SELinux to permissive or even disable it by editing the \/etc\/selinux\/config file\"\n\techo -e \"\\t3. reboot your system\"\nfi\n\nclean\nexit 0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"