How to install vmware server 2.0.x in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

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"Now we have VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz file so unpack this file

tar -zvxf VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz

"go to vmware-server-distrib directory

cd vmware-server-distrib

"Run vmware-install.pl script using the following command

./vmware-install.pl

"Now you might receive compilation error messages so now you need to download required patch files from here in vmware-server-distrib directory these patches from vmware forum"

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