Getting Started with Ubuntu on VMWare
I installed Ubuntu Linux v5.10 as a VMWare machine. The initial install went very smooth. Ubuntu doesn't ask a lot of questions during the install process. After Ubuntu install finished and the image was running I installed VMWare tools via the (VMWare) v5.0 interface.
Using the "VM" menu option VMWare places a folder containing the needed files of the Desktop. In the folder there are RPM and tar directories. The RPM option doesn't work in Ubuntu. I extracted the tar files into the folder and ran the "vmware-install.pl" script. Ubuntu was able to provide the install script with enough data so that many of the questions (what directory are various functions located in) were answered with the default.
Before the device drivers could be installed the install script needed to gain access to gcc (C compiler) and the system make files (to recompile the Ubuntu Linux kernel). Using the default install Ubuntu; gcc is not installed.
I did a Google search looking for hints as to how to complete this install (and found lots of poor info). After a couple of attempts I figured it out. I needed to execute:
"sudo apt-get install build-essentials"
which installed gcc (and a few other things). After that I re-executed the VMWare install script and had no problems.
After that I spent a couple of hours working with Ubuntu. It seems like good stuff. Finally a Linux that doesn't install every possible application, tool, or toy during the initial install.
Using the "VM" menu option VMWare places a folder containing the needed files of the Desktop. In the folder there are RPM and tar directories. The RPM option doesn't work in Ubuntu. I extracted the tar files into the folder and ran the "vmware-install.pl" script. Ubuntu was able to provide the install script with enough data so that many of the questions (what directory are various functions located in) were answered with the default.
Before the device drivers could be installed the install script needed to gain access to gcc (C compiler) and the system make files (to recompile the Ubuntu Linux kernel). Using the default install Ubuntu; gcc is not installed.
I did a Google search looking for hints as to how to complete this install (and found lots of poor info). After a couple of attempts I figured it out. I needed to execute:
"sudo apt-get install build-essentials"
which installed gcc (and a few other things). After that I re-executed the VMWare install script and had no problems.
After that I spent a couple of hours working with Ubuntu. It seems like good stuff. Finally a Linux that doesn't install every possible application, tool, or toy during the initial install.
