When you try to run vmplayer:
/usr/bin/vmplayer: 166: cannot open /etc/vmware/locations: No such file
exec: 180: /lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh: not found

When you try to run vmware-config.pl:
Unable to find the database file (/etc/vmware/locations)

The best way is to download the tar.gz package from VMware website. First of all, you have to see how kernel you are using on your Linux PC.

uname -r
2.6.22-14-generic

I have 2.6.22-14-generic, so I have to install thet linux headers files for my kernel version:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic

Now you can download VMware Player tar.gz package from VMware website. At this time the last package is: VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.tar.gz.

tar xzvf VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.tar.gz
cd vmware-player-distrib

The tar.gz package is extracted and you can run installation script of VMware Player:

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

During installation process you must answer some questions. For a standard installation you can keep suggested answers hitting ENTER.

In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin]
What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
[/etc]
What is the directory that contains the init scripts?
[/etc/init.d]
In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?
[/usr/sbin]
In which directory do you want to install the library files?
[/usr/lib/vmware]
The path “/usr/lib/vmware” does not exist currently. This program is going to
create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?
[/usr/share/doc/vmware]
The path “/usr/share/doc/vmware” does not exist currently. This program is
going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?
[yes]
Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to configure it by
invoking the following command: “/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl”. Do you want this
program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
In which directory do you want to install the theme icons?
[/usr/share/icons]
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
.desktop file extension. [/usr/share/applications]
In which directory do you want to install the application’s icon?
[/usr/share/pixmaps]
None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Player is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/build/include]
None of the pre-built vmblock modules for VMware Player is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmblock module
for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)?
[yes]
Do you want networking for your virtual machines? (yes/no/help) [yes]
Do you want to be able to use NAT networking in your virtual machines? (yes/no)
[yes]
Do you want this program to probe for an unused private subnet? (yes/no/help)
[yes]
Do you wish to configure another NAT network? (yes/no) [no]
Do you want to be able to use host-only networking in your virtual machines?
[yes]
Do you want this program to probe for an unused private subnet? (yes/no/help)
[yes]
Do you wish to configure another host-only network? (yes/no) [no]
None of the pre-built vmnet modules for VMware Player is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmnet module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]

Installation process is now finished and you can start VMware Player from your Application Menù.

I’ve attached some screenshot of the first time that you run VMware Player. You must accept EULA and then choose to open an image. I’ve downloaded Debian Etch image to test VMware Player performance and features. You can download VMware Images from HERE.

Eula – End User License Agreement

Open VMware Image

Select a downloaded Image (Debian Etch Netinst)

Run Debian Etch with VMware Player

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WMware server could be more complicated for personal use, so you can choose WMware player to run Windows XP on Ubuntu Gutsy.

You have to download and install RPM package from www.vmware.com (then you have to convert it as DEB package)

fakeroot alien -scripts VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.rpm
sudo dpkg -i VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.deb
sudo vmware-config.pl

You have to create a custom Windows XP image for your Virtual Machine, but first you have to install qemu.

sudo apt-get install qemu
qemu-img create -f vmdk WinXP.vmdk 6G

Now you have to create a config file for Disk Image just made with qemu with “nano WinXP.vmx“.

config.version = “8″
virtualHW.version = “3″
ide0:0.present = “TRUE”
ide0:0.filename = “WinXP.vmdk”
memsize = “128″
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = “FALSE”
ide1:0.present = “TRUE”
ide1:0.fileName = “auto detect”
ide1:0.deviceType = “cdrom-raw”
ide1:0.autodetect = “TRUE”
floppy0.present = “FALSE”
ethernet0.present = “TRUE”
usb.present = “TRUE”
sound.present = “TRUE”
sound.virtualDev = “es1371″
displayName = “Windows XP Pro”
guestOS = “winXPPro”
nvram = “WinXP.nvram”
MemTrimRate = “-1″

ide0:0.redo = “”
ethernet0.addressType = “generated”
uuid.location = “56 4d 5c cc 3d 4a 43 29-55 89 5c 28 1e 7e 06 58″
uuid.bios = “56 4d 5c cc 3d 4a 43 29-55 89 5c 28 1e 7e 06 58″
ethernet0.generatedAddress = “00:0c:29:7e:06:58″
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = “0″

tools.syncTime = “TRUE”
ide1:0.startConnected = “TRUE”
uuid.action = “create”
checkpoint.vmState = “”

To make this step more easy you can download WinXP.vmx from here:

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Quanta as a Linux CSS Editor

Quanta Plus is an HTML and CSS editor. You can use it for HTML editing but also you could use it for CSS editing. You can find a color picker inside Quanta Plus to choose the colors for your CSS links or background and much more. Quanta is a good choice especially if you run KDE as Desktop Environment.

sudo apt-get install quanta (on Ubuntu Gutsy)

Bluefish as a Linux CSS Editor

If you want a good HTML and CSS editor for your Gnome Desktop Environment, you can try Bluefish. Bluefish is another good text editor that you can use to edito PHP files, HTML files and CSS code. As Quanta Plus, it offers a unique solution to edit some several files.

sudo apt-get install bluefish (on Ubuntu Gutsy)

CSSED the best CSS editor for Linux compared to TopStyle for Windows

If you have experience with TopStyle for windows and you are searching for a similar software for Linux, STOP YOUR SEARCH! CSSED is right for you. In fact, CSSED has good features as a color picker and a CSS helper. So, you can edit your CSS code only with the use of Mouse. Click on CSS helper bar to show many CSS rules and use it on your code.

sudo apt-get install cssed (on Ubuntu Gutsy)

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I assuming that you have installed Ubuntu Gutsy:

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

After ImageMagick installation, you can use mogrify. For example, I have a folder called “holidays” locate in “/home/user/photos/“. I have to change my path, make a thumbs folder and copy original images on “thumbs folder”. After that I can start image resizing process:

cd /home/user/photos/holidays
mkdir thumbs
cp /home/user/photos/holidays/* /home/user/photos/holidays/thumbs/
cd thumbs

mogrify -resize 640 *.jpg

Now I can see on “/home/user/photos/holidays/thumbs/” every my image file resized to 640 of width. If you want force resizing to a particulare size without mantaining original aspect ratio you could change mogrify options:

mogrify -resize 640×480! *.jpg

Good Job Man! I hope this howto will be useful for you.

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