Another way to install VMWare Server 2 on Ubuntu 10.04

The first way I've provided is not the only way that you could follow in order to install VMWare Server 2.
 Now Let's consider this method of installation.

1. Download VMware Server (VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz).
2. Download the VMware Server 2 update patch #2

$ wget -N http://risesecurity.org/~rcvalle/VMware-server-2.0.2-203138-update-2.patch

3. Extract VMWare Server

$ tar -xzf VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz

4. Extract VMWare Server Modules

$cd vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source

$tar -xf vmci.tar

$tar -xf vmmon.tar

$tar -xf vmnet.tar

$tar -xf vsock.tar

5. Apply the patch

$cd vmware-server-distrib/

$patch -p1 < ../VMware-server-2.0.2-203138-update-2.patch

6. Archive VMWare Server Modules again

$cd vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source

$rm -f vmci.tar

$rm -f vmmon.tar

$rm -f vmnet.tar

$rm -f vsock.tar

$tar -cf vmci.tar vmci-only/

$tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only/

$tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/

$tar -cf vsock.tar vsock-only/

7. Run the installer script as root

$cd vmware-server-distrib/

$sudo ./vmware-install.pl

Note :
1. Don't forget to add a new administrative user when it asked for.
2. The VMWare Remote Console Plug-in doesn't work properly on Ubuntu 10.04. You can set the environment variable  VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK before running the VMWare Remote Console Plug-in. You can do this by add the following line to your ~/.profile

export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes

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