Fri, 25 Jul 2008

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How to get vmware server 1.0.6 working under ubuntu 8.04:

[Fri Jul 25 14:13:00 CDT 2008] [billw@billw-desktop vmware-server-distrib]$ vmware
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_3.4' not found (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
[Fri Jul 25 14:13:25 CDT 2008] [billw@billw-desktop vmware-server-distrib]$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib
[Fri Jul 25 14:14:29 CDT 2008] [billw@billw-desktop lib]$
[Fri Jul 25 14:14:31 CDT 2008] [billw@billw-desktop lib]$ sudo mkdir bak
[Fri Jul 25 14:14:40 CDT 2008] [billw@billw-desktop lib]$ sudo mv libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1 bak/

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