14 Replies Latest reply on Jun 8, 2006 9:16 AM by arjanhs

Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Drake"

tysonkey May 6, 2006 12:36 PM

I am currently unable to install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Drake". I am using Linux kernel 2.6.15-21.32-386, and have the corresponding kernel headers for this version. I'm using the "vmware-any-any-update101" patches to try and get it to work with this kernel. The installer (provided in the any-any-update), starts building the vmmon module, and will get to the line:

CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o

After this, it will give me this error:

gcc: installation problem, cannot exec 'cc1plus': No such file or directory.

After spitting out this and about 3 other lines, I get the error, "Unable to build the vmmon module."

I have installed the build previous to this one on this particular configuration, and it worked, and now won't, so I tried to use the latest build (23869). I believe that I'm not using a compatible kernel/distro. I can post the full console output, if it helps.

1. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

tclendenen May 6, 2006 12:36 PM (in response to tysonkey)

That error usually implies that the gcc-c++ compiler isn't installed.
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2. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

tysonkey May 6, 2006 12:53 PM (in response to tclendenen)

That's kind of strange, seeing as (according to Synaptic Package Manager), I have gcc 4.0.3-1ubuntu5 installed, and Ubuntu haven't released any updates to it, so far.
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3. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

tclendenen May 6, 2006 12:56 PM (in response to tysonkey)

Does it also say gcc-c++ is installed?
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4. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

tysonkey May 6, 2006 1:04 PM (in response to tclendenen)

It was installed, but to make sure, I've ran "apt-get install g++" again, to ensure that nothing was missing. But the modules have compiled fine now, leaving me with "The module loads perfectly in the running kernel." And a working VMware Server.
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5. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

Elmer van Baal May 6, 2006 11:40 PM (in response to tysonkey)

Hi,
I read something about using gcc/g++ 4.xx. I think you'll need a 3.x.x version of gcc/g++. Most likely 3.4.x a version. Search in the Dapper repositories for this. Good luck! I'll try this myself once Dapper will be officially released.
regards, Elmer
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6. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

Elmer van Baal May 6, 2006 11:57 PM (in response to Elmer van Baal)

Sorry, didn't see the the forelast post!!! You already got success
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7. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Drake"

tysonkey May 10, 2006 12:29 PM (in response to tysonkey)

I've just tried running VMware, after installing it and I got the following:

tyson@ubuntu:~$ vmware
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

What's going on?
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8. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

gbouro May 10, 2006 2:07 PM (in response to tysonkey)

I believe that the kernel is compiled with gcc 3.4 and that is what you should use when installing vmware.

a) install g++-3.4 (you can have it installed in parallel with 4.x)

b) preface each installation and configuration script with CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4
e.g.: CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 ./vmware-install.sh
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9. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

tysonkey May 14, 2006 12:28 PM (in response to gbouro)

I've done this, and even with using the vmware-any-any patch, it still doesn't work, and still produces the same problem. Why?

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10. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

tomaz May 14, 2006 3:11 PM (in response to tysonkey)

Try beta3 on latest Dapper (flight 7 or beta2). It works fine. You just need to have:

\- ia32-libs (if on 64bit)
\- build-essential
\- linux-headers-`uname -r`

I had to disable ACPI in order to shut off annoying " rtc: lost some interrupts at 2048Hz." Other than that it works fine.
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11. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

tysonkey May 28, 2006 12:47 PM (in response to tomaz)

I've got all of the prerequisites, but it still won't work. I have got the latest build of Server (the .tar.gz version, which has an MD5 hash of fdce90d9f91f0ca5329105e2d8be75f0, as does the copy I downloaded).
I've also tried VMware Workstation 5.5.1 build 19175, which doesn't work either.

I've even tried fully uninstalling Server, and then reinstalling it, appending every VMware-related command with "CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4 " (without the quotes), and it still fails to run. Why is this constantly happening?
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12. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

Koxi May 30, 2006 3:54 AM (in response to tysonkey)

I had the same problem and fixed it like this

I copied
/usr/lib/libpng12.so.0
to
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/

and

/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/3.4.6/libgcc_s.so
to
/usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1

it seems that the libraries shipped with the vmware server do have problems with the cairo library (no version given ??).
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13. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

tysonkey May 30, 2006 10:08 AM (in response to Koxi)

Thanks for this, it's really helped, as I've been trying to install VMware Server for over a month, only to find that it doesn't work. I only had to modify the paths slightly for it to work on my system, though.
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14. Re: Unable to Install VMware Server Beta2 Build 23869 on Ubuntu "Dapper Dra

arjanhs Jun 8, 2006 9:16 AM (in response to tysonkey)

I got the same problem, have tried copying the files, but still the same error message apears, think it came from compiz, but after changing the name of the shortcut from vmware to vmware-server-console all was working again.

Arjan
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