Installing Vmware Server 1.03 on PCLinuxOS 2007
Linux, VirtualizationRecently I got the bug to try out a different Linux distribution on my laptop. I have been a die-hard Ubuntu user since I made the switch full time (haven't looked back since!), so after trying and failing to install Gentoo (guess I'm not L33T enough for that distro yet) I landed on PCLinuxOS 2007.
Once I got my development environment configured just like I like it, it was time to install a Windows VM so I can run some applications that I need at my day job (IE6,IE7, Flexbuilder, etc). For this purpose, I elected to use Vmware Server 1.03 (we already had that tarball downloaded).
When installing, I encountered an installation error that turned out to be somewhat commonplace.
Building the vmmon module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.15.tex2/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.15.tex2' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80: /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ... before compat_exit /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ... before exit_code /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to int in declaration of _syscall1 make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.15.tex2' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module.
To get past this error, a quick Google search turned up a patch called the "vmware-any-any-update" that needed to be run. (get that here).
Ok, so that fixed the first error but then I ran into this...
Building the vmmon module. Building for VMware Server 1.0.0. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22.15.tex2/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.15.tex2' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/comport.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/hash.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22.15.tex2' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module.
Another quick trip through the Google search told me that I just didn't have g++ installed. The easy way to find this package is to just open Synaptic and do a search for "g++".
Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor [ OK ] Virtual ethernet [ OK ] Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ OK ] Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ OK ] Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ OK ] NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ OK ] The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.3 build-44356 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully.
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