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Installing VMware server is really an easy process but I thought I’d doodle it here to help new users.

First you want to ensure that your kernel and kernel-dev packages match one another in version. Running these will check that out:

$ uname -r
2.6.18-92.1.10.el5
$ rpm -q kernel-devel
kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5

If you find that your versions do not match then you should upgrade both packages like this:

# yum -y upgrade kernel kernel-devel

After which you should reboot into the newly installed kernel.

Now you are ready to download the latest VMware Server. You should download the RPM and register for a serial number on that link. Install the RPM like this:

# rpm -ivh VMware-server-1.0.6-91891.i386.rpm

VMware requires some programs and libraries to be installed, so run this command to make sure they are there:

# yum install libXtst-devel libXrender-devel xinetd

If that is all successful then you can continue and configure VMware.

# vmware-config.pl

This script will prompt you for some questions and setup VMware for you. Once complete you can start the VMware Server Console from a link in your menus.

That’s it for now, I will detail how to setup a Windows XP install soon.