How to install VMware Server on Ubuntu Host

The below are the VMware Server 2.0 installation steps (on Ubuntu Linux as host):

1. On Terminal window, logon as root, sudo -s -H (some community members suggest to use sudo -i)
2. Extract the download file (eg. VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.x86_64.tar.gz) to folder /tmp/
tar zxpf VMware-server-.tar.gz
3. Go to /tmp/vmware-server-distrib and then run the installation script, sudo ./vmware-install.pl
4. Respond to the prompts (by pressing Enter to accept the default settings)
5. ...then Enter Yes when prompted to run vmware-config.pl

When it unable to determine the current administrative user account, then you may use your normal logon user name. OR you may create a new user account (with administrator priviledge).

And it also prompt to enter serial number, and do't just press enter without keying the valid number.

To re-run the configuration script again, goto /tmp/vmware-server-distrib and enter ./vmware-config.pl

After the installation is finished, you can run the VMware Server from a web browser at http://localhost:8222 or for secure connection goto, https://localhost:8333

After installing Guest OS, you may need to install the "VMware Tools" to allow easy switching & integration between the Host and the Guest OS - this will enhance the graphic and mouse function and networking driver (vmxnet) for some guest OS. You could also installing the open-vm-tools & open-vm-toolbox from Synaptic Package Manager, instead of the VMware Tools.