I'm trying to install VMware Server 1.0.4 on a Dell PowerEdge 1950 running Ubuntu 7.10, the 32-bit version.
So I've downloaded the software, and I've grabbed the any-any-1.14 patch (just in case). No matter whether I use the straight "vmware-install.pl" script alone, or combine it with the "runme.pl" script from the patch, I get these errors during the configuration portion of the installation:
+ 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 (0xb7edd000)+
+ libdl.so.2 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7ed9000)+
+ libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7ec0000)+
+ libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xb7dcf000)+
+ libXtst.so.6 => not found+
+ libXext.so.6 => not found+
+ 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 (0xb7db9000)+
+ libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7c6f000)+
+ /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7f08000)+
+ libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xb7c6b000)+
+ libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7c66000)+
+ This program cannot tell for sure, but you may need to upgrade libc5 to glibc+
+ before you can run VMware Server.+
I've Googled, poured over the Ubuntu forums, asked on the Ubuntu-server IRC channel, and searched here - nothing that I've tried has helped.
Because of these failures (I think), the installer won't accept the serial number and I can not finish the installation:
+ /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx: error while loading shared libraries: libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory+
+ The serial number 90W0E-YHQA0-23642-4C6A0 is invalid.+
+ Please enter your 20-character serial number.+
+ Type XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX or 'Enter' to cancel:+
I'm truly at a loss. I'm now thinking I should install the 64-bit version of Gutsy, just to try. But I hate the thought of flushing 16 hours of server installation and configuration down the drain.
Hoping someone can help me....